Have you ever gotten involved in geocaching? Have you ever wanted a MathWorks laser pointer / flashlight? You have a chance of combining both of these interests if you happen to be near the Los Angeles (used to incorrectly say Bay) area in California.
Sam Mirsky has posted the challenge to the MATLAB newsgroup.
Here's a couple of pictures of the swag from my phone camera.
I1 = imread('laser1.jpg'); I2 = imread('laser2.jpg'); whos
Name Size Bytes Class Attributes I1 960x1280x3 3686400 uint8 I2 960x1280x3 3686400 uint8 J1 240x320x3 230400 uint8 J2 240x320x3 230400 uint8
Let me downsample the pictures to display in the blog using imresize from Image Processing Toolbox. You can a learn more about image processing on Steve's blog.
J1 = imresize(I1,.25); imshow(J1)
J2 = imresize(I2,.25); imshow(J2)
Don't forget the hint: Underground, but not buried, in a round hole. If you find it, in addition to returning the code to Sam, can you please post here? Have fun!
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the MATLAB code
Published with MATLAB® 7.7



Hi Loren, thanks for highlighting my hide.
As a correction, it is hidden in Los Angeles (near LAX) not in the Bay Area.
I found the first laser pointer led flashlight near LAX last night. If anyone else from LA goes looking for it, at least you can eat at In-N-Out and watch the planes land.
Tony-
Thanks for hunting!
And Sam, let’s work on stashing some goodies elsewhere. Talk to you at work.
–Loren