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Luay Kanaan

The Secret Of Google's Book Scanning Machine Revealed - As A Matter Of Fact Blog : NPR - 28 views

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shared by Luay Kanaan on 29 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The software used to scan books, called Optical Character Recognition software or OCR for short
    • dana engineer
      dana engineer on 04 Oct 09
       
      how can you destroy a book when u scan it?
    • dana engineer
      dana engineer on 04 Oct 09
       
      Google created a nifty infared camera technology that detects the three-dimensional shape and angle of book pages when it is placed in the scanner. It allows the OCR software to read text more accurately.
    • Bassel Kanj
      Bassel Kanj on 04 Oct 09
       
      Yeah.
    • Luay Kanaan
      Luay Kanaan on 04 Oct 09
       
      Google actually created a camera technology that detects the three-dimensional shape and angle of book pages when it is placed in the scanner. It allows the OCR software to read text more accurately.
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  • How was one to go about scanning a book quickly and efficiently without destroying it?
  • book scanning was a tedious process that sometimes resulted in the death of a book.
  • The software used to scan books, called Optical Character Recognition software or OCR for short
    • Dalal Najibi
      Dalal Najibi on 04 Oct 09
       
      How is the process? Do they have to open every book and scan each page?
  • Google created some seriously nifty infrared camera technology that detects the three-dimensional shape and angle of book pages when the book is placed in the scanner
  • a way to digitize books en masse
  • The Secret Of Google's Book Scanning Machine Revealed
  • The Secret Of Google's Book Scanning Machine Revealed
  • Now anyone who's ever opened a book knows it's next to impossible for a book to lie flat without some sort of device. One solution to the problem was to use glass plates that individually flattened each page, but this method wasn't very efficient. The other solution was to chop off the book's binding, but that method destroyed the book.
  • It was a problem that vexed book scanners for years until Google came up with this solution
  • OCR for short
  • was a tedious process that sometimes resulted in the death of a book
  • dana engineer on 04 Oct 09
     
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Richard Stevenson

nanotechnology -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - 1 views

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shared by Richard Stevenson on 24 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Richard Stevenson on 24 Oct 09
     
    Nanotechnology
Risa Yokoi

Switching TV signal from analogue to digital - 0 views

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shared by Risa Yokoi on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The process of turning off the analogue television signal in Wales begins
  • It means that viewers who do not have digital will not be able to see BBC Two from Wednesday, and then they will lose all channels within a month
  • Digital UK said 90% of homes in Wales already had digital TV
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  • process of turning off traditional analogue TV signals
  • "The UK is going digital, the US has already gone digital, some European countries as well.
  • It helps people of my age and it helps people who are very lonely," she said. "It brings life into the home when I can't get out. I couldn't be without it if I tried. I love my TV, I always have.
  • confusion leading to people being overcharged when changing
Elvira Russ

BBC NEWS | Business | Is Google really flouting copyright law? - 0 views

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shared by Elvira Russ on 13 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Elvira Russ on 12 Jan 10
     
    This article discusses mostly the copyright issue within the US and the UK and their deals with libraries. It gives an explanation of the scanning process and the problems with authors, different companies and libraries.
Rafae Wathra

How does an online payment gateway work? (iSmart) - 0 views

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shared by Rafae Wathra on 09 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Rafae Wathra on 09 Feb 10
     
    Simplified version of the different steps to the process of a payment gateway.
anonymous

2009 Identity Theft Statistics - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 08 Feb 10
     
    The process of using someone else's personal infomation for other users own personal gain. There has been study going on by the Javelin Strategy & Research Center since 2004. 2008 statitics revel that almost 10 million victims (22% increase from 2007). 71% of the fraud that happens, happens in the first weak of stealing the victims personal data.
Maliha Rahman

The Impact Red Light/Speeding Cameras- (newcarbuyingguide.com)) - 2 views

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shared by Maliha Rahman on 25 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Maliha Rahman on 25 Apr 10
     
    -how red light/speeding cameras can be taken as a violation of privacy and how increased potential of receiving tickets could affect one's auto insurance rate. -you have to face the cameras because they can't be used, but what are other solutions that could make this process easier and less of an issue?
funeral director

A Big Uplifting Hand in Time of Distress - 2 views

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anonymous

Sea Water into Jet Fuel - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The process involves extracting carbon dioxide dissolved in the water and combining it with hydrogen — obtained by splitting water molecules using electricity — to make a hydrocarbon fuel
anonymous

BBC NEWS | Technology | Web tool oversees Afghan election - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Their reports feature alongside those of full-time Afghan journalists to ensure the election and reporting of it is as "free
  • The Alive in Afghanistan project plots the SMS reports on an online map.
  • The text messages are collected via a free-platform known as FrontlineSMS, developed by UK programmer Ken Banks.
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  • Any attempt to rig or interfere with Afghanistan's election could be caught out by a system that allows anyone to record incidents via text message.
  • authenticity.
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09
       
      stakeholder 2
  • Ushahidi
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09
       
      stakeholder 1
  • National Security Council
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Stakeholder 3
  • "We hope to enable people to report on what is going on in the country
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Stalkholder 4, the people create the impact, and are going to use the SMS technology.
  • of Afghanistan has asked all domestic and international media agencies to "refrain form broadcasting any incidence of violence during the election process".
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact>Politics and Government
  • anonymous on 20 Aug 09
     
    Any attempt to rig or interfere with Afghanistan's election could be caught out by a system that allows anyone to record incidents via text message.
Jeewon Yoon

New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090816171003.htm

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  • tiniest laser
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact Art
  • Nanophotonics may usher in a host of radical advances, including powerful "hyperlenses" resulting in sensors and microscopes 10 times more powerful than today's and able to see objects as small as DNA; computers and consumer electronics that use light instead of electronic signals to process information; and more efficient solar collectors.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social Globalization
  • new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry,
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT systems Integrated systems
Sanchit Jain

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

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shared by Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
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  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
  • Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
     
    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
Chalana Perera

The Guts of the Station Finder Map - Inside NPR.org Blog : NPR - 0 views

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shared by Chalana Perera on 13 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The system has several underlying database tables, including zip codes, cities and station data. The zip code and city tables, in addition to containing information about the locations, also include the latitude and longitude for the centroid each location.
  • At the core, the system works based on latitudes and longitudes.
  • Once we have the latitude and longitude, we perform a series of calculations based on the Great Circle Calcuation (GCC), which helps us to determine distances on a curved surface (ie. the Earth - and we are assuming that it is not flat). Using the GCC, we look for stations near the latitude and longitude, based on a 100 mile radius from that point. From that list of stations, which is too inclusive, we start our process of narrowing down the results to the actual stations that can be heard.
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  • - a web-based service to inform our audience as to which NPR stations are available throughout the country. There are other more sophisticated, more precise ways to identify the station coverage maps which are really overkill for this type of service.
Chalana Perera

Theatre captions in 8 languages (BBC Technology) - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8380266.stm

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shared by Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09 - Cached
  • device which enables theatre goers to read live captions of a performance in eight different languages
  • received over wifi
  • battery life of up to six hours.
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  • LED backlighting
  • screen into a theatre that wouldn't distract the rest of the audience
  • 200 handsets can run simultaneously
  • I can't vouch for the authenticity of the oriental texts
  • process cannot be automated.
  • Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09
     
    This article, my stimulus, describes how theatres now offer audience members hand held "subtitles" or enclosed "captioning" for live performances which are offered in 8 major languages, that aren't neccesarily being spoken on stage.
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