Einar Thor

Monday, January 08, 2007

Book Expresso

In The Observer, Rowan Walker writes about a machine that can electronically store millions of books that can then be printed and bound in less than seven minutes. To be launched later this year it prints in any language and has an upper limit of 550 pages. This 'Espresso' will be launched first in several US libraries, but will it make literature any better. Most likely not, but self-publishing might get a boost. Interesting for misunderstood geniuses.