In 1983 a Xerox PARC researcher produced this videotape to convince upper management to invest in cognitive science research.

The video included examples of the difficulty of operating Xerox photocopiers, one of which featuring the struggles and frustrations with a copier of two world-renowned scientists, computational linguist Ron Kaplan and AI founding father Allan Newell.

https://archive.org/details/parc-why-cognitive-science

#UserExperience #xerox #photocopier #retrocomputing

Why Invest in Cognitive Science Research? : Xerox PARC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This video was reputedly assembled by John Seely Brown to convince upper management to invest in PARC cognitive science research.  It includes two examples of...

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Máy photocopy – Thiết bị hỗ trợ công việc văn phòng
Máy photocopy giúp sao chép tài liệu nhanh và thuận tiện, phù hợp cho các môi trường làm việc cần xử lý giấy tờ thường xuyên.

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LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of

Many different types of printers have entered the market over the years. Most of us are intimately familiar with the common inkjet and laser, both of which can be found in homes and offices all ove…

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#work #office #fediverse #library That's me from at #home where I'm finally getting half decent upload speeds. The local, #Pembroke, has no #wifi & the #park has no #benches. Go figure. The 'office' is #Haverfordwest . A beautiful working space! Crap #photocopier though! n.b. The #british and #ucl libraries spoilt me ! 😎
Sandoz Afterimage 01 #art #ink #photocopier #psychedelic #surrealism Relic circa 1990-1992(ish) Pencil and ink + photocopier + transparencies
“Which one would you rather drive?”
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1985 advertisement for photocopiers.
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#Porsche #Photocopier #Volkswagen #Beetle #Advertisement #Michigan #AnnArbor #Retro #Vintage #casofmastodon

But what about my initial plan to turn my #documentcamera into a #scanner and #photocopier ?

Initially, I was frustrated because I expected it meant hacking #scanservjs which would be a rocky road for me.

Instead, I did the following:
- using #ustreamer I created a live stream from document camera. Of course, I created a systemd service

- with some help from chatGPT I set up a simple web GUI with three buttons:

* Download current image
* Download as PDF (with text recognition)
* Print