Researchers at mit have announced an unusual design that allows you to get inside of books without opening them.
The unique scanner uses terahertz radiation is rare.
The importance of the discovery, according to scientists themselves, it is very difficult to overestimate. After scanning closed books is only a small part of a huge range of applications new developments. According to Barmak Heshmat, head of the research group, the essence of terahertz radiation, submillimeter waves, which are called and are in the range between infrared and microwave in extremely high ability to penetrate materials such as ceramics, plastic, the human body.
For the rays, these materials are also transparent, as to human eyes is very thin and clean glass. Configuring the scanner a certain way, you can easily read the letters on the paper, even if the book is closed because the density of clean paper and one on which are letters is different. Museum of new York, in recognition of researchers who have already shown interest in the developed technology, seeing in it a glimpse of the very ancient books that are not allowed to touch.
At the moment, the depth of penetration is 20 pages, however, over time this figure is projected to increase significantly. Among the prospects of the use of technology – the scanning of the cells in the human body and monitor them in real time. Scanner Chasmata able to bypass “captchas” on websites, and in the future – to pass on the ultra-fast speed of information.
