Hsu Wen-hsing, founder of Startek Engineering, whose company has twice won national awards in Taiwan for its fingerprint verification device, says that human history can be seen as the history of information. When Marco Polo visited the East in the 13th century, if he had not left a written account of his travels, it would have been a virtually wasted trip.
最近剛以國內第一台「指紋門禁系統」二度獲得國家產品形象金質獎的星友科技公司總經理許文星指出，人類歷史就是一部資訊史，試想十一世紀馬可波羅東遊，倘若沒有留下遊記供後人傳誦，豈不是船過無痕，毫無意義？