Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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 ...

1 comment:

Viro said...

There is a DIY model out there and a video on how to make one.

It's on my list of cool things to make... one day.