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		Quarterly Newsletter on Science, History and the Arts No. 20 Spring 2008
		A portable computer with a built-in camera easily snaps a photo of a leaf and downloads it to the Image Identification System computer. The shape of the leaf is then matched to the shape of leaves in the system’s database. Matches and species details are then transmitted back to the computer. (Photo by Ida Lopez) Back to article

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