Digital preservation enables long-term storage, maintenance, and accessibility of digital data. The U.S. government requires all federal government agencies to digitize government records. Besides streamlining records management, the effort is also aimed at saving...
The National Security Agency (NSA) is harvesting millions of photos posted online everyday as part of its global surveillance program. Digital images captured from social media, emails, text messages, and other communication portals are analyzed with a view to facial...
Digitization efforts over the last decade have been ambitious and far-reaching. Today, many institutions are striving towards digitization, for greater accessibility and preservation of their valuable documents. The Indiana State Library, the largest public library in...
Newspapers are loaded with a lot of information. However, searching for the desired information from a batch of newspapers (in paper format) can be tiresome. Digitizing newspapers has become a necessity, as these contain a vast amount of hard-to-access information....
Digital imaging technology is finding increased use in dental offices. Digital radiography (DR), 3D computerized tomography, digital photography and CAD/CAM find more application in dental services. According to a recent Detroit Free Press report, digital imaging...
