Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] CES!

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:29:26 -0800, Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 
> The most innovative product I did see? They had a company that had a
> photo studio in a box. It's essentially a scanner for 3D objects and is
> about the size of a dorm room fridge. You put an object on the tray
> inside and it takes a high-quality photograph of the object against a
> flat background in such a way that it's easy to get a good shot without
> shadows and such. Very good for making product photos on a budget. I'd
> say this is a must have for anyone that is dealing with product photos
> (such as an online store).

OK, so this is lame unless (as I suspect) the "photographs" you get
are digital.  But then it does become a completely killer accessory
for a lot of online stores, including, believe it or not, online
bookstores.  Two or three times so far we'e bought used books over the
net, but each time we were worried that the seller's "excellent"
condition would turn out to mean "none of the pages are falling
out...yet".   You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can often
judge a book's *condition* by its cover. :-)

But seriously, the killer app for something like this is actually
cataloguing stuff that comes from estates.  Don't ask me why I know
this, but I'll say that if we could have rented one of these a few
years back when we were settling my mom's estate, it would have been
much easier to deal with some things more efficiently.

jking
_______________________________________________
discussion mailing list
EMAIL:PROTECTED
http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/discussion