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There's no real use-case here. There are basically two types of books you can scan, rare books and non-rare books. For non-rare books you typically just cut th
by ig1 16y ago
There's no real use-case here. There are basically two types of books you can scan, rare books and non-rare books.
For non-rare books you typically just cut the binding off and feed the book through a scanner that has a page feeder.
For rare books you typically turn the pages by hand, but the reason you do it slowly isn't because you're human, but rather to avoid damaging the book. Any kind of rapid jerking movement to turn the pages isn't a viable solution
- ugh 16y agoCheap, fast home book scanning. You don’t want to destroy your own books, yet being able to scan them quickly would be pretty sweet.
- reitzensteinm 16y agoWell, I think a crazy robotic solution throws cheap out of the window. Could this ever get mass market enough to bring the costs down?
- ugh 16y agoI’m not saying that this is a good solution, I don’t know that. All I’m saying is that there are use cases.
- billswift 16y agoI didn't watch the video, did you read the article? From the article it's not really a robot so much as a high-speed camera that manages to photograph the pages as a person flips through a book. With software to correct for the fact that many pages are curved. It also mentioned that some pages will be missed, so you would probably have to go back and re-scan several pages from each book. In fact, they even mentioned eventually getting a low-resolution version you could use with a cell phone camera.
- mseebach 16y agoDestroying books has a cost. Scan enough books, and there's your usecase. There's a very large grey area between "books you don't want to destroy" and "books so fragile you can't/won't flip quickly through them".
- sandGorgon 16y agowhy does it just have to be books - I can see a usecase for classnotes. Have a scanner in the hallway of your school or college - at the end of the day, scan all your notes and drop the paper in the shredder to be recycled. This would take barely 30 seconds.