19 Comments
- TheRealPod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Imagine the hell of the chinese and indian sweatshops where all they do is flip pages all day (which they can't read!)
- flashmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey, I just digitized a million books by taking a digital photo inside my library!
(I'll read em later) - tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yea I have to say, having workers turn each page by hand? There must be a better way? Oh well good read +digg
- pr3d4t0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought this said a million bucks... no digg!
- solarpowered, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1...and it's built from Legos!
- linuxfrancais, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1cool story. i can't wait for monitor resolution to be clear enough so i can read long books without eye strain.
- brianfischer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would believe that somehow they justified that paying for a contraption that could automatically turn pages was much more expensive than free labor!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Replying to comment by Ozmotear
- Ozmotear, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Nice job
- jgee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow, pr3d4tor, your inability to read the title does not take away from the intrigue generated from the article.....foo'
+digg - Akina, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Books is fully overrated.
- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1If you don't read you are stupid and choose to be that way.
- Zhay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I beg to differ*
- casparwhittey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0
Ain't that the truth. Great that they'll have a million books scanned, but you'll be blind after the 2nd one. A for effort, though. - TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0""""
II beg to differ, as I am rather intelligent, and instead of reading books, I spend my time composing beautiful web sites. If I had the time, maybe I'd read."""""
Wow, you aren't smart but you can throw together web sites.. woohoo.
Eric Wilson - Zhay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"If you don't read you are stupid and choose to be that way."
II beg to differ, as I am rather intelligent, and instead of reading books, I spend my time composing beautiful web sites. If I had the time, maybe I'd read. - victmlesscrimz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1What's a book?
- Duncan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0wait, is the OP a girl?!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Pretty cool. Hard to imagine the scope of a project such as this until someone actually specs it out.
Good Digg!
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