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March 18, 2010

Steven Matthews

Scan a 200 Page Book in 1 Minute!

This is very cool and very scary! A professor at the University of Tokyo, Masatoshi Ishikawa, is developing a rapid book scanner that will scan a 200 page book in about one minute.

Using a "Super Vision Chip" that will scan the flipping pages faster than the human eye can process, its camera operates at 500 frames per second. Check out the embedded video below:

While it's unclear exactly how the technology will account for skipped pages, or if it would destroy archival quality materials, this is indeed the future of book digitization – and all the positives & negatives that come with it.

Will we be able to digitally preserve some fantastic books and collections? Yes. Will this type of technology get mass produced and cause copyright issues for wholesale copying of books? Yes.

Steve Matthews is the Founder of Stem Legal, a company that helps organizations in the legal industry to gain greater web visibility.
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2 Comments on “Scan a 200 Page Book in 1 Minute!”

  1. Connie Crosby says:
    March 18, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    Will we use the digitized versions of the books and documents it produces regardless of copyright? Yes.

  2. Mark says:
    March 19, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Will the publishing industry fight an (un)-holy war to prevent the use of this becoming widespread? Yes.

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