PC Mag's last issue talked about 3D printers. pretty interesting--they essentially make a model of the object.
On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:23 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > As we say.... "you can't grep paper" ! > > Though I expect soon enough that we will have invasive 3D scanners or > something which you just chuck a book into and viola! You get back > the full text with the appropriate typeface, illustrations and perhaps > even a lexical analysis of the text. > > - Steve > On Dec 21, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote: > >> Thanks for that--a very fair appraisal, I thought, though the >> keyboard on the OL is a lot better than on the Kindle. Yeah, for me >> it's all about reading books in transit--in airports, on planes, on >> the subway--without lugging the timber. I've downloaded about five >> books, and one of the best features was using the "search" feature >> to go through a 500-page book by Anthony Trollope, looking for >> evidence that an unmarried Victorian couple may or may not have >> consummated their relationship. It would've been hell to try and >> find in my paperback version; it was easy to find in the electronic >> version (yes, they probably did, fyi, but Trollope is so sly he >> gets it right past you if you're not looking for it). I also keep >> saying to everyone that I don't expect to use it in my living room, >> but whaddya know... and it's exactly the right size for reading in >> bed. >> >> P. >> >> >> >> Once when I asked a chieftain in a certain province [of Peru] if he >> was a Christian, he said "I am not yet quite one, but I am making a >> beginning." I asked him what he knew of being Christian, and he >> said: "I know how to swear to God, and play cards a bit, and I am >> beginning to steal." >> >> Fray Domingo Santo Tomas, 1560 >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
