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DL 3000 Book Scanner Goes Through 3,000 Pages per Hour

jayman321 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:58:41 EDT

The Lego is however not that cheap. What is the cost if you want to build an automatic book scanner with lago?

@tamoko

The DIY version of Book Scanner is at [atiz.com] . Atiz has 2 model of their book scanners. The average users can purchase it for very cheap!

jayman321

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Navin R Johnson — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:42:26 EDT

I could do WAY better. Take the book, run a saw across the binding to make it into a stack of paper, then run it through a regular sheet feed scanner. For $5000 you can get a 150 page per minute scanner. (9000 pages per hour)

So what if you destroyed the book, you just scanned it right?

Now take the $250K and buy 50 scanners, devide the book by 50 and scan at 450,000 pages per hour. pwned

FTW.

Navin R Johnson

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God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:18:52 EDT

@Pope John Peeps II: Well Pope, how about paying any number of monasteries?

You never really defined the parameters of your book scanner, but an army of guys who shave their heads, take vows of silence, and make beer and/or wine - all while scanning and duplicating books - is pretty cool.

The downside - the only book they scan is the Bible and sometimes there are transcription and/or translation errors. (see cornus/coronus error)

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

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deucailion — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:22:01 EDT

wow so i suck. i mean get 'rid' not get 'read'

deucailion

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deucailion — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:21:43 EDT

if we ever get read of physical books i will probably die.

books - best gadget ever.

deucailion

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aobjects — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:09:08 EDT

I want a personal version just to turn the pages for me while I read.

aobjects

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sshrum — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:29:26 EDT

Legos, a webcam, a chewing fgum wrapper, and some OCR s/w (MacGyver optional)

Damn I love Legos.

sshrum

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shift_nismo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:32:12 EDT

I WANT ONE! make so much money off of college kids!

shift_nismo

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kylo4 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:38:30 EDT

Maybe you could instead spend that $250,000 on all the books you planned on scanning. Might save some money that way.

kylo4

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legacye — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:36:04 EDT

@Castle1914:

It's a thing called a back-up. Back in the times of the library at Alexandria it was impossible for them to maintain multiple copies of every single book in locations across the globe. Now, with a few drives, it's an easy task.

Whilst Google's future is unknown, it is actually feasible for a small group of people to make a "back-up" of the internet (or to be more relative to this discussion) Google Books .Literature.org have taken a more intelligent approach to book digitization and their entire catalog can either be downloaded or searched at will. I'd love to see GBooks take that approach, but sadly copyright laws probably wont allow it.

legacye

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TickleMeElmo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:36:09 EDT

Small potatoes compared to the the idea presented in Vernor Vinge's "Rainbow's End": a giant machine that shreds books into confetti, then blows the shreds through a scanning tube that photographs all the pieces and digitally reconstructs the pages by edge detection. Faster AND more destructive!

TickleMeElmo

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LittlestLamshi — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:31:03 EDT

they beat me to my idea!!!! NOO!!!

LittlestLamshi

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cubensis — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:17:38 EDT

a few graduate students can get together, purchase this and scan college textbooks. Make the files as PDFs and sell them via Bittorrent. Profit.

cubensis

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Incredible — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:59:55 EDT

I, for one, welcome our new speed-reading overlords.

How was I the first to say this? Has this meme died unbeknownst to me?

Incredible

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Pope John Peeps II — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:57:18 EDT

Hey Giz, I think you should offer a 2500 dollars to someone who can whip up the best homebrew book scanner.

I bet there are a lot of engineers out there who can do this for a lot less money.

Pope John Peeps II

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BMErdin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:45:30 EDT

Careful. Scanning that book could release Moloch to the internet

BMErdin

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FubarGuy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:30:18 EDT

@vertigo: The PDF Brochure says "Optical resolutions at 200 and 300 dpi are available for OCR applications..." So I guess you need some uber OCR software too on the backend.

FubarGuy

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maztec — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:08:47 EDT

Honestly, I find it easier to melt the binding off a book [unless it is tied or stapled, but those are easy enough to remove], then place the pages in a normal double sided automatic scanner. Once complete, put pages back together, and rebind. The most important tool that you need to do that is a book press, which can be had for relatively cheap compared to that machine scanner.

maztec

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exiork — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:04:00 EDT

Kirtas has a scanner that does 2400 pages per hour and it doesn't flatten the spine

exiork

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exiork — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:20 EDT

Check out Kirtas. Their unit will scan 2400 pages an hour and it doesn't flatten the book.

exiork

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Brock — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:58:50 EDT

@agahnim: @aelver: Someone's been reading some Vernor Vinge.

Regarding the post, I imagine though they do it this way because it's cheaper. Books aren't that expensive, but they aren't $1 either. At $250,000 for a machine you only have to borrow and scan 25,000 books to come out ahead.

Brock

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LUV2CattleCall — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:35:43 EDT

Also, terrible for the spine.

@ibelli:

Go to the Chir-"e"-practor

LUV2CattleCall

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aelver — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:17:42 EDT

@agahnim: Exactly :)

aelver

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aelver — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:17:15 EDT

For a personal alternative just buy a $400 Fujitsu ScanSnap and a craft knife.

Cut off binding, load, easy :)

Just make sure it's not a super $$$ book mmmkay?

aelver

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agahnim — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:07:49 EDT

I can see this being useful for books that are hard to come by, but why not just sacrifice a copy of a book by cutting its cover and binding off and scanning it as a stack of paper?

agahnim

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AndyDuncan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:53:55 EDT

This is the first step people! First the robot armies scan in all human knowledge, next they start learning it, then they'll kill us all!

AndyDuncan

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workingonyourinvoice — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:43:48 EDT

I've always wondered how such things were done. I must say, while the gif is pretty cool, it's somewhat of a letdown. That's not to say I actually had an idea of what to expect...

workingonyourinvoice

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LoganSix — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:36:01 EDT

@Castle1914: Actually, I work for a company that used to have a division that had every printed article and book on microfiche and was in the process of moving it to data. The data was accessible by universities and schools for a price. But, the CEO ran the company like and idiot and we split off from that portion and now he's out of a job and that part is out of business.

LoganSix

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combat chuck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:32:54 EDT

3,000 pages an hour? Aww, but I want it now!

combat chuck

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treetrunk — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:32:24 EDT

"tearing through a whole stack of books every day"

Bit of an unfortunate choice of words there.

treetrunk

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TinyLightning — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:24:25 EDT

this will be great to hopefully put books that I actually read onto those electronic book readers. i want

TinyLightning

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tamoko — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:16:53 EDT

@loadedthorn: Beautiful...now where the hell are my bins of LEGOS?

tamoko

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Possinator — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:13:15 EDT

I work for the Library at my University and our book scanners cost about $10,000 a piece, I thought that was expensive but these are just wow. I might have to show my supervisor this and see if they would put it on the wish list :)

Possinator

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Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:53:16 EDT

@OMG! Ponies!: You win this round!

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

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Castle1914 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:52:06 EDT

This is only for people like Google that are trying to catalog all literature in the known world (is there an "unknown world"?).

The application of this technology is on one hand useful and on the other hand disturbing. I want to be able to search through books but then if people stop printing books then what will I do when my power goes out? What will I do when skynet (Google) doesn't let me get the information I want because the corporate entity that took over from the founders has a different idea of how free information should be.

Let's not forget the library at Alexandria which was the storehouse for all human knowledge until it burned. If Google goes insolvent what happens to all that info and the access to it?

I suppose the same could have been said for books until there were public libraries. There has to be some kind of plan that ensures that the information is readable even without computers.

That said, I have no idea how to do that.

Castle1914

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BasicBlack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:48:14 EDT

@toyotaboy:

I dunno. I think the work is in the developing non-destructive page turning. I imagine you would need some kind of tactile sensors to determine the amount of stress is being applied to the page and a means of reducing the stress on the fly.

Might be more complicated than it seems.

BasicBlack

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vertigo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:44:59 EDT

Now does it actually transfer the scanned text to a word format type text or is it all just bitmapped TIFFs and PDFs? Because it would be way cooler if it were editable text.

vertigo

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Tommasta — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:44:29 EDT

I work at a mail house (we process bulk mailings... sorry everyone!) and our machines often times take up more than one page. It's good to see advances are being made in paper handling, assuming this thing never grabs more than what it's supposed to.

Tommasta

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toyotaboy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:43:40 EDT

For $250k that thing better pull the book off the shelf. It doesn't look terribly complicated, just a couple of arms running on rails, synchronized to a camera below taking a snapshot (scanners are for suckers). The quality of digital cameras today are more than enough for text. I'm willing to bet someone could make something similiar for a couple thousand.

toyotaboy

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Joseph — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:42:59 EDT

Finally they've priced the phones at their actual worth.

Joseph

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BasicBlack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:50 EDT

@OMG! Ponies!:

Yay! I'll read it to my son tonight. It won't scare him; I've convinced him that he's subhuman.

BasicBlack

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cygnusx8 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:33 EDT

300 books an hour? I've been staring at that video for 2 hours now and it's still on the same book! Same page even!

cygnusx8

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Oldbrass — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:30 EDT

@BasicBlack: The thing is that I was only partially funny. Obviously, scanning books is very important for easy copying but for long term data storage? Hmmm.

I was part of a group who was trying to work out the best long term data storage possible was. We went from the obvious tape storage to the hypothetical "magnetic drives in outer space". In the end, we decided that the best way was to carve it on stone and bury the stone.

I even got paid for that work! Then we went out for drinks on the company. w00t! I love I.T.

Oldbrass

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loadedthorn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:38:04 EDT

@tamoko:

Yeah look for it next week. Made out of Legos.

loadedthorn

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daftrok — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:34:25 EDT

@ibelli:
So is your momma! OOOOOH!

daftrok

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tamoko — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:33:14 EDT

Someone needs to tinker up a DIY version of this.

tamoko

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ibelli — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:31:52 EDT

Also, terrible for the spine.

ibelli

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God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:30:23 EDT

@bobman1235: I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees...

Too many robots will bring us to our knees...

The robots scan books, the robots fight fires...

The robots give us everything, our little heart desires...

At the end of it all there will be some fretting, when some damn fool engages the "Kill All Humans" setting.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

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BasicBlack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:29:45 EDT

@strider_mt2k:

I don't know, Peter, meth is a hell of a drug.

BasicBlack

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BasicBlack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:25:58 EDT

@Oldbrass:

Luddite! (I secretly agree.)

BasicBlack

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BaseVilliN — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:25:06 EDT

@Margatron: At 250 grand I would expect it to. All it needs to do is track the page # in the corner. ;)

BaseVilliN

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bobman1235 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:24:46 EDT

@daftrok: Yes won't someone please think of the trees.

bobman1235

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strider_mt2k — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:22:19 EDT

This thing really is awesome.
BUT
This .gif will follow me around the net until I am completely insane.

hoho heehee haha...

strider_mt2k

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atomx — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:19:57 EDT

This is great! now when are they going to stop charging ridiculous amounts for college books that are obsolete the next year?

atomx

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martini1179 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:19:50 EDT

Need input. More input! No disassemble Johnny Five! : (

martini1179

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daftrok — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:19:18 EDT

I'm getting tired of physical books. Its time to make books 100% digital and stop killing trees.

daftrok

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Oldbrass — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:17:24 EDT

Wow! Now if they can figure out a way to archive the data in a stable way that will last more than 10 or 20 years.

Maybe they could print out a copy of the digital files and attach the pages in some way using glue and a protective "cover".

Oldbrass

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BasicBlack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:14:02 EDT

@Margatron:

Only if it's enjoying the narrative.

BasicBlack

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Margatron — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:12:23 EDT

I'd be worried about it eating older, more fragile books. mmmmm original printings are delicious!

Does it know automatically if it skipped a page?

Margatron

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92BuickLeSabre — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:11:56 EDT

Certainly much more efficient than the 92BLS 60, but not nearly as attractive.

92BuickLeSabre

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Darrone — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:11:39 EDT

I feel like this could be simplified and make significantly less expensive with a scanner and some duct tape.

Darrone

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Hiphopopotamus — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:10:17 EDT

This is like a DVD Ripper for your Kindle.

Hiphopopotamus

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BasicBlack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:09:51 EDT

I think I just came. Now this is what BitTorrent is for.

BasicBlack

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mikeyy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:08:16 EDT

I want one, yet I dont even know why.

mikeyy