diff --git a/scripts/opencv/README b/scripts/opencv/README
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+This dir contains some quick&dirty live camera examples for the 31C3 display in the entrance area. 
+They use OpenCV to grab webcam frames and either binarize them or detect edges and then display the result on the flipdot displays.
diff --git a/scripts/opencv/edge.py b/scripts/opencv/edge.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+import socket,time,math
+
+cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
+
+
+sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
+FD_LEFT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:c49d:e22d:6891:dcd"
+FD_MIDDLE="2001:67c:20a1:1095:34b1:6957:8ddb:3a79"
+FD_RIGHT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:552a:1594:871f:d9c2"
+
+
+UDPPORT=2323
+
+def send(image,dest):
+    msg = '';
+    pieces = '';
+    for line in image:
+        pieces += ''.join(str(x) for x in line)
+    
+    pieces = [pieces[i:i+8] for i in range(0, len(pieces), 8)]
+    
+    for i in pieces:
+        if (len(i) < 8):
+            i = i.ljust(8, '1')
+        msg += chr(int(str(i), 2))
+
+    sock.sendto(msg, (dest, UDPPORT))
+
+def partition(img):
+    rows,cols = img.shape
+
+    dst = cv2.transpose(img)
+    
+    cv2.imshow("rot",dst)
+
+    left = dst[0:cols/3,0:rows]
+    middle = dst[cols/3+1:2*cols/3,0:rows]
+    right = dst[2*cols/3+1:cols,0:rows]
+
+#    left = img[0:img.shape[0],0:img.shape[1]/3]
+#    middle = img[0:img.shape[0],img.shape[1]/3+1:2*img.shape[1]/3]
+#    right = img[0:img.shape[0],2*img.shape[1]/3+1:img.shape[1]]
+    return left,middle,right
+
+
+
+
+while(True):
+    # Capture frame-by-frame
+    ret, frame = cap.read()
+    
+    dim=(144,120)
+    resized=cv2.resize(frame,dim)
+    
+    resized = cv2.flip(resized,0)
+
+    # Our operations on the frame come here
+    gray = cv2.cvtColor(resized, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+
+    canny = cv2.Canny(gray,50,200)
+    thresh = (255-canny)/255
+
+    # Display the resulting frame
+    cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
+    cv2.imshow('canny',thresh*255)
+    left,middle,right = partition(thresh)
+    send(left,FD_LEFT)
+    send(middle,FD_MIDDLE)
+    send(right,FD_RIGHT)
+    cv2.imshow("left",left*255)
+    cv2.imshow("middle",middle*255)
+    cv2.imshow("right",right*255)
+   
+    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+        break
+    time.sleep(0.7)
+
+# When everything done, release the capture
+cap.release()
+cv2.destroyAllWindows()
diff --git a/scripts/opencv/scroll_image.py b/scripts/opencv/scroll_image.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+import socket,time,math
+import sys
+
+
+
+sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
+FD_LEFT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:c49d:e22d:6891:dcd"
+FD_MIDDLE="2001:67c:20a1:1095:34b1:6957:8ddb:3a79"
+FD_RIGHT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:552a:1594:871f:d9c2"
+
+UDPPORT=2323
+
+IMG_THRESHOLD=128
+
+
+
+def send(image,dest):
+    msg = '';
+    pieces = '';
+    for line in image:
+        pieces += ''.join(str(x) for x in line)
+    
+    pieces = [pieces[i:i+8] for i in range(0, len(pieces), 8)]
+    
+    for i in pieces:
+        if (len(i) < 8):
+            i = i.ljust(8, '1')
+        msg += chr(int(str(i), 2))
+
+    #sock.sendto(msg, (dest, UDPPORT))
+
+def partition(img):
+    rows,cols = img.shape
+
+    dst = cv2.transpose(img)
+    
+    cv2.imshow("rot",dst)
+
+    left = dst[0:cols/3,0:rows]
+    middle = dst[cols/3+1:2*cols/3,0:rows]
+    right = dst[2*cols/3+1:cols,0:rows]
+
+#    left = img[0:img.shape[0],0:img.shape[1]/3]
+#    middle = img[0:img.shape[0],img.shape[1]/3+1:2*img.shape[1]/3]
+#    right = img[0:img.shape[0],2*img.shape[1]/3+1:img.shape[1]]
+    return left,middle,right
+
+
+frameSkip = 0
+thresholdRadius = 75
+
+img = cv2.imread(sys.argv[1])
+
+
+r = 120 /float(img.shape[0])
+dim = (int(img.shape[1] * r),120)
+if dim[0] < 144:
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+offset = 0
+
+print img.shape,r, dim
+fullImage = cv2.resize(img,dim)
+
+cv2.imshow("resized",fullImage)
+
+done = False
+while not done: #offset+144 < fullImage.shape[1]:
+    dim=(144,120)
+    
+    print fullImage.shape
+    if offset + 144 > fullImage.shape[1]:
+        offset = fullImage.shape[1] - 144
+        done = True
+    disp = fullImage[0:120,offset:offset+144]
+
+    resized = cv2.flip(disp,0)
+
+    # Our operations on the frame come here
+    gray = cv2.cvtColor(resized, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+
+    #thresh = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(gray,1,cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C,cv2.THRESH_BINARY,thresholdRadius,-2) 
+    ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(gray,IMG_THRESHOLD,1,cv2.THRESH_BINARY) 
+
+    # Display the resulting frame
+    cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
+    cv2.imshow('canny',thresh*255)
+    left,middle,right = partition(thresh)
+    send(left,FD_LEFT)
+    send(middle,FD_MIDDLE)
+    send(right,FD_RIGHT)
+    cv2.imshow("left",left*255)
+    cv2.imshow("middle",middle*255)
+    cv2.imshow("right",right*255)
+   
+    key = cv2.waitKey(2050)
+    
+    if key & 0xFF == ord(' '):
+        frameSkip = 30*120
+        
+    if key & 0xFF == ord('w'):
+        thresholdRadius = thresholdRadius + 2
+        print "new thresh radius: ",thresholdRadius
+    if key & 0xFF == ord('s'):
+        thresholdRadius = thresholdRadius - 2
+        print "new thresh radius: ",thresholdRadius
+        
+    
+    if key & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+        break
+
+    offset += 20
+
diff --git a/scripts/opencv/sendxkcd.sh b/scripts/opencv/sendxkcd.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+while true
+do
+	./xkcd.py 
+	../display foo.png
+
+	sleep 10s
+done
diff --git a/scripts/opencv/threshold-xkcd.py b/scripts/opencv/threshold-xkcd.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+import socket,time,math
+from xkcd import grabber
+
+sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
+FD_LEFT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:c49d:e22d:6891:dcd"
+FD_MIDDLE="2001:67c:20a1:1095:34b1:6957:8ddb:3a79"
+FD_RIGHT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:552a:1594:871f:d9c2"
+
+UDPPORT=2323
+
+IMG_THRESHOLD=64
+
+
+
+def send(image,dest):
+    msg = '';
+    pieces = '';
+    for line in image:
+        pieces += ''.join(str(x) for x in line)
+    
+    pieces = [pieces[i:i+8] for i in range(0, len(pieces), 8)]
+    
+    for i in pieces:
+        if (len(i) < 8):
+            i = i.ljust(8, '1')
+        msg += chr(int(str(i), 2))
+        if (len(i) < 8):
+            i = i.ljust(8, '1')
+
+    sock.sendto(msg, (dest, UDPPORT))
+
+def partition(img):
+    rows,cols = img.shape
+
+    dst = cv2.transpose(img)
+    
+    cv2.imshow("rot",dst)
+
+    left = dst[0:cols/3,0:rows]
+    middle = dst[cols/3+1:2*cols/3,0:rows]
+    right = dst[2*cols/3+1:cols,0:rows]
+
+#    left = img[0:img.shape[0],0:img.shape[1]/3]
+#    middle = img[0:img.shape[0],img.shape[1]/3+1:2*img.shape[1]/3]
+#    right = img[0:img.shape[0],2*img.shape[1]/3+1:img.shape[1]]
+    return left,middle,right
+
+
+
+
+while(True):
+    # Capture frame-by-frame
+    ret, frame = cv2.imread(grabber.getImage())
+    
+    dim=(144,120)
+    resized=cv2.resize(frame,dim)
+    
+    resized = cv2.flip(resized,0)
+
+    # Our operations on the frame come here
+    gray = cv2.cvtColor(resized, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+
+    ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(gray,IMG_THRESHOLD,1,cv2.THRESH_BINARY) 
+
+    # Display the resulting frame
+    cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
+    cv2.imshow('canny',thresh*255)
+    left,middle,right = partition(thresh)
+    send(left,FD_LEFT)
+    send(middle,FD_MIDDLE)
+    send(right,FD_RIGHT)
+    cv2.imshow("left",left*255)
+    cv2.imshow("middle",middle*255)
+    cv2.imshow("right",right*255)
+   
+    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+        break
+    time.sleep(5)
+
+# When everything done, release the capture
+cap.release()
+cv2.destroyAllWindows()
diff --git a/scripts/opencv/threshold.py b/scripts/opencv/threshold.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+import socket,time,math
+
+cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
+
+
+sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
+FD_LEFT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:c49d:e22d:6891:dcd"
+FD_MIDDLE="2001:67c:20a1:1095:34b1:6957:8ddb:3a79"
+FD_RIGHT="2001:67c:20a1:1095:552a:1594:871f:d9c2"
+
+UDPPORT=2323
+
+IMG_THRESHOLD=64
+
+
+
+def send(image,dest):
+    msg = '';
+    pieces = '';
+    for line in image:
+        pieces += ''.join(str(x) for x in line)
+    
+    pieces = [pieces[i:i+8] for i in range(0, len(pieces), 8)]
+    
+    for i in pieces:
+        if (len(i) < 8):
+            i = i.ljust(8, '1')
+        msg += chr(int(str(i), 2))
+
+    sock.sendto(msg, (dest, UDPPORT))
+
+def partition(img):
+    rows,cols = img.shape
+
+    dst = cv2.transpose(img)
+    
+    cv2.imshow("rot",dst)
+
+    left = dst[0:cols/3,0:rows]
+    middle = dst[cols/3+1:2*cols/3,0:rows]
+    right = dst[2*cols/3+1:cols,0:rows]
+
+#    left = img[0:img.shape[0],0:img.shape[1]/3]
+#    middle = img[0:img.shape[0],img.shape[1]/3+1:2*img.shape[1]/3]
+#    right = img[0:img.shape[0],2*img.shape[1]/3+1:img.shape[1]]
+    return left,middle,right
+
+
+
+
+while(True):
+    # Capture frame-by-frame
+    ret, frame = cap.read()
+    
+    dim=(144,120)
+    resized=cv2.resize(frame,dim)
+    
+    resized = cv2.flip(resized,0)
+
+    # Our operations on the frame come here
+    gray = cv2.cvtColor(resized, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+
+    ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(gray,IMG_THRESHOLD,1,cv2.THRESH_BINARY) 
+
+    # Display the resulting frame
+    cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
+    cv2.imshow('canny',thresh*255)
+    left,middle,right = partition(thresh)
+    send(left,FD_LEFT)
+    send(middle,FD_MIDDLE)
+    send(right,FD_RIGHT)
+    cv2.imshow("left",left*255)
+    cv2.imshow("middle",middle*255)
+    cv2.imshow("right",right*255)
+   
+    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+        break
+    time.sleep(0.55)
+
+# When everything done, release the capture
+cap.release()
+cv2.destroyAllWindows()
diff --git a/scripts/opencv/xkcd.py b/scripts/opencv/xkcd.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import urllib
+import os
+import yaml
+
+INFO = "INFO"
+ERROR = "ERROR"
+log_level = INFO
+
+def log(level, msg):
+        if log_level == INFO:
+            print(level + ': ' + msg)
+        elif log_level == ERROR:
+            if level == ERROR:
+                print(level + ': ' + msg)
+
+class grabber(object):
+    def getImage():
+        
+        while(True):
+            url =  'http://c.xkcd.com/random/comic'
+            found = False
+                
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as conn:
+                page = conn.read()
+
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(page)
+            image_tags = soup.find_all('img')
+
+
+            for img in image_tags:
+                # img[src] is the contents of the src field
+                # http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/xxxx.png
+                if 'comics' in img['src']: 
+                    log(INFO, 'Getting ' + img['src'])
+                    
+                    filename = ''
+                    if '.jpg' in  img['src']:
+                        filename = 'foo.jpg'
+                    elif '.png' in img['src']:
+                        filename = 'foo.png'
+                        found = True
+                    else:
+                        log(ERROR, 'Did not recognize image format: ' + img['src'])
+                        break
+                    if(found):    
+                        urllib.request.urlretrieve(img['src'], filename)
+                        return filename
+
+grabber.getImage()
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