As If Writers Didn't Have Enough to Worry About ...

Behold, a scanner that can copy and digitize books as fast as you can flip the pages. It's a lab bench prototype now, but throw in a few miniaturization techniques, get it down to the size of a laptop or cell phone, wham -- walk into a bookstore or library, riffle the pages, steal the whole book.

Future is all around us, folks. Better keep a sharp eye out it doesn't smack into you from behind like a disabled airplane ...