# Encoding Schemes Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Encoding Schemes are the critical rulesets that map abstract data (like text characters or binary files) to a standardized binary format for reliable storage and network transmission.

This technology is fundamental: it defines how a computer converts human-readable data into machine-readable bits (0s and 1s). The scheme ensures compatibility across disparate systems. For text, early standards like ASCII used 7 bits to represent 128 characters, primarily English. Modern global systems rely on Unicode encodings: UTF-8, for instance, is a variable-width scheme using 1 to 4 bytes per character, making it the dominant choice for the web (over 98% of sites). Beyond character sets, schemes like Base64 convert binary data (images, files) into a 64-character ASCII string, allowing safe transmission over text-only protocols like email.

- Official technology site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [How and why we use AI for creating serialized apparel](https://portland.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_UfkXRFqKpd8)

Spot Vision uses machine learning to encode a digital record into graphic designs by introducing slight variations to the designs. These variations allows us to serialize the millions of items so that each is slightly different but still fitting a shared design intent. Designs can be read or authenticated by visually scanning. We will be demonstrating examples of serialized apparel covering a broad artistic range and talk about how AI drives optimization of encoding schemes and robust decoding from curved, obscured, and wrinkled surfaces.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Portland Inaugural Meetup - July — 2024-07-24 — Portland
- Public talk page: https://portland.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_UfkXRFqKpd8

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