Edlin
03-01-2004, 04:45 PM
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Stanford University has an ambitious project to digitalise 8 million books.
http://www.honco.net/os/img/pics/p_robot.jpg
At its current rate of 1,000 pages per hour, we can scan about 5,000 books in one eight-hour shift. Let's say we put people to work three shifts a day. Now we're talking about 15,000 books. Previously, we might have been able to do 3,000 books a day. But one machine is not going to be enough to digitize eight million books in my lifetime. It would take about 300 years, as a matter of fact. So something else has to happen. We could buy five more machines, or we could support a service bureau that has, maybe, 100 machines. There are also developments that will be happening over the course of the next few years, both with the camera technology and the robotic technology, that will enable us to increase to 2,000 pages per hour. That's beginning to sound pretty good.
Article Link (http://www.honco.net/os/index.html)
Stanford University has an ambitious project to digitalise 8 million books.
http://www.honco.net/os/img/pics/p_robot.jpg
At its current rate of 1,000 pages per hour, we can scan about 5,000 books in one eight-hour shift. Let's say we put people to work three shifts a day. Now we're talking about 15,000 books. Previously, we might have been able to do 3,000 books a day. But one machine is not going to be enough to digitize eight million books in my lifetime. It would take about 300 years, as a matter of fact. So something else has to happen. We could buy five more machines, or we could support a service bureau that has, maybe, 100 machines. There are also developments that will be happening over the course of the next few years, both with the camera technology and the robotic technology, that will enable us to increase to 2,000 pages per hour. That's beginning to sound pretty good.
Article Link (http://www.honco.net/os/index.html)