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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists were able to invent an x-ray camera that can read through books. This x-ray camera allows reading through books without opening them.
People read books by opening them. MIT scientists are able to devise and discover an x-ray vision camera using a new method to obtain a peek inside the book without the need of opening it, Fox News reported.
The MIT researchers and scientists announced that they are able to create a prototype of an x-ray vision camera that utilizes terahertz radiation to obtain what is written on the first nine pages of the book though what was written on each page was just one letter.
The MIT x-ray vision camera system bounces and emits terahertz radiation to the book. The air gaps in between the pages aid the x-ray vision camera to distinguish the difference from one page to the next. The MIT x-ray vision camera system has the capability to identify and spot the ink.
The x-ray camera's terahertz radiation can be found in the middle of the microwave radiation and of the infrared radiation on the electromagnetic spectrum. The terahertz radiation from the x-ray vision camera responds to different chemicals differently according to the report of the Business Insider.
The MIT's x-ray vision camera is very sensitive that it could measure the time it takes for the radiation to arrive or reach at different gaps in the middle of each pages. As the result of this action of the x-ray camera, it is able to determine what content is located on specific pages.
The algorithm is capable to recognize and identify each letter on every page. The x-ray vision camera utilizes the sophisticated algorithm which measures, translates, and interprets the frequencies for identifying, distinguishing and recognizing of the words.
MIT scientists are planning to refine the x-ray-vision camera. Thereby, it could read the entire volume of the book from cover to cover without the need of flipping and opening the cover.
For museums, the MIT's x-ray vision camera is ideal to be used with ancient books that are centuries old and which are very delicate to be explored, read, or opened without causing tears or damages.
