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Book-Digitizing Robots
Makarand writes "Robotic digitization systems are the new help available to complete
voluminous scanning tasks.
Robots that can turn the pages of books and
newspaper volumes and attain scanning speeds of more than 1000 pages/hour
are now available. They even use puffs of compressed air to separate sticky pages!"
What about that Speed Reading TV Offer I took advantage of?!?!?!?!
They even use puffs of compressed air to separate sticky pages!
Whoah! I guess some pr0n really have decent articles.
"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door." - Emily Dickinson
Finally, Johnny-5 is coming alive!
Music wants to be free.
Those people in #bookz on IRC are gonna be so excited about this...
I'm not so sure that those holding the reins are going to be so interested in this--call me cynical.
/me is spending his vacation on safari in Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar.
There's an old saying: "If you don't like the government of a country in Africa, wait five minutes."
Isn't Mozart already available in digitized format?
sure, as long as they get Popular Mechanics or something...
Stop by my site where I write about ERP systems & more
Would it make a difference for those who now have their minds closed to the idea of democracy?
Are you talking about the US Government here?
"I only speak the truth"
Karma: null(Mostly affected by an unassigned variable)
But does this passage puzzle you a bit?
"Think about the power of bringing our library to little schools in the middle of Africa," Keller said. "Would it make a difference for those who now have their minds closed to the idea of democracy?"
I'm not sure I get the connection:
Mbutu: Hey, Kwasa, check out this copy of "The Horse Whisperer" on my Palm Pilot.
Kwasa: Incredible! We must hold free elections immediately!
If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.
nice one
-- Karma Karma Karma Karma, Karma Chameleon - Boy George
Being able to scan 1000 oages an hour: $Lots
Converting 8 million volumes into a digital database: > $250 million
Having robots digitize every porn collection in the world, fast : Priceless
c - a blessed +5 grain of salt
I'm glad they didn't go with the design where it licked its thumb before turning each page. I hate that!
"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." -- G. K. Chesterton
Time for a change in terminology.
Eh? Like the Clinton thing?
For the love of GOD, someone check this!!
blakespot
-- Heisenberg may have slept here.
iPod Hacks.com
A book is essentially a form of encryption. You cannot copy pages from a book into a digital form without using some sort of technological device that breaks this "analog" encryption, which under the DMCA is clearly illegal.
Expect to see these outlawed real soon. Either that, or expect a "Steven King" model to be available this fall.
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Slashdolt
To crib some characters from lower down--
It might turn them on to the idea of thinking for themselves, though.
Mbutu: Whoa. Plato sez this is all a shadow of some higher plane of existence.
Kwasa: Die Hutu scum!
Unfortunately, just this very possiblity is threatening to those who are now profiting from their ignorance.
Mbutu: Whoa. Marx sez the capitalists exploit the surplus wealth from their employees. Adam Smith sez each person has the ability to trade freely in the marketplace to maximize his or her advantage. Why am I digging these diamonds for foreign robber barons again?
Kwasa: Die Hutu scum!
"Think about the power of bringing our library to little schools in the middle of Africa."
Mbutu: Whoa. Gandhi sez nonviolence is the best way to solve problems. What do you say to that, class?
Kwasa: Die Hutu scum!
Ahh, well. One can always dream, right?
Danke tres mucho, tovarishch.
We can also put the digitizing, framing, and hosting services together for a prestigious piece of fine art. Imagine a beautifully framed old book that has been digitized for reading on the World Wide Web. The digitized antique book display provides a beautiful piece of art for your office, home or library and testifies to your gift of free reading on the Internet. The digital publishing preserves the unique signs of age of the book and proves that only you own the original book that was made forever visible by all.
" So what measures can we expect to see? Lighter inks, crazier fonts to screw with the robots OCR? Funny paper that makes it hard to flip pages? "
I think you just described a typical issue of wired. Are they worried about people copying?
Bob.
Words like "Democracy" and "Freedom" is to an American what "Java" and "XML" used to be to a manager. Nowadays I guess it might be "C#" and "Dot NET".
The NWAA (Novel Writers Artists Association) has issued that they will fight for legistlation to fight this piracy tool in congress.
"These reading Bots will put the book publishing business under within months..", their congress represenative said.
"There hasn't been this strong of an attack against the goodness of books and authors cince that evil man Gutenburgh created that evil printing press." Word on the street is that Hillary Rosen is oging to be hired as their spokesperson to help outlaw this evil that will undermine american life as we know it.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
This is neat stuff sure, but reading from a screen is hard, and most people will print it out anyways.
Am I the only person reading Slashdot who gets amused by someone who says that?
You won't get first post that way, anyways...
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
Word to the wise--since the invasion of Iraq is over now, we're allowed to call them French Bots again.
~Idarubicin