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I like how turning a page is a harder problem than finding Waldo.

• ortusdux 3y ago
  I do enjoy the various methods of automatic page turning used by book scanning machines. None of them are simpler than a toy robot arm and a cheap USB webcam! - Flipping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ccxwNssmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ccxwNssmo - Arm with suction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoICY1fHQsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoICY1fHQsA - Linear vacuum (google) - https://linearbookscanner.org/ https://linearbookscanner.org/ - Vacuum prism scanner (40+ ppm!) - https://www.treventus.com/scanner/automatic-book-scanner https://www.treventus.com/scanner/automatic-book-scanner
  • tjoff 3y ago
    I mean, a toy robot arm and a cheap USB webcam sounds really hard to do with good accuracy. Nice collection of machines :)
    • ortusdux 3y ago
      I did wonder if they had the machine check finger to waldo distance and then readjust accordingly.
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• tanseydavid 3y ago
  Perhaps many of us humans can be retrained for page-turning and thus have purpose in the new era while filling a market need. <tongue-in-cheek>
• orenlindsey 3y ago
  I know, it's actually funny how hard turning pages is for robots.
• pavon 3y ago
  They need a Waldo to do that.
• fsckboy 3y ago
  speaking of hand turned pages, your comment gave me an idea for a masochistic Waldo book: many pages, many pictures, but only one Waldo in the whole book. Maybe with more learning about geography or something while you find where in the world is Waldo so it's not as frustrating