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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 402390, member: 6036"]It doesn't work yet. Same was true of manned flight - some 19th century people said it was impossible. They were wrong. I work in technology, and have pondered this automated grading thing. Computer imaging and image recognition tech would be awesomely complicated, but not impossible. Bware of the idea that it would be completely objective and remove subjectivity. That would require widespread concensus on the subjective standards. That means the entire community, not just the TPGs. We can't automate standards until we agree on standards, and I don't think the hobby / industry has ever truly done that. It would also require concensus on the impact of color on the grade, which is hugely subjective (as proven by this thread and others). I don't think that will ever enter into the automation. And considering the awesome development costs, the automated grading would still be done by TPGs, and possibly only by the TPG that developed / perfected it. No way the average guy would buy the technology. The developers would own the patent, and may or may not choose to license it to others (including major companies, or other TPGs). I doubt they would ever consider licensing to a competitor. In short, there are two major hurdles - technology and people politics. The latter is more challenging ![/QUOTE]