Posted by : Brij Bhushan Monday 12 September 2016


Imagine if scanning a book was as simple as ripping a CD. No page turning, no adjusting, just insert any book and get a digital copy. An MIT paper published in Nature Communications proposes technology that does just that, and if it works this could change the way libraries and archives digitize documents. This video explains how the process works: The process uses tetrahertz radiation, which is absorbed by paper and ink differently. The camera is so finely tuned that researchers can detect the different between one page and another, despite there being only 20 micrometers of air between each…

This story continues at The Next Web

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