Jun. 20, 2012 at 2:23pm with 127,152 notes
Reblogged from dorklifestyles
A new vending machine has been released which can print any book within minutes.
The Espresso Book Machine has access to 500,000 different books - the same as 23.6 miles of shelf space - and can even churn out a fresh copy of Crime and Punishment in just nine minutes.
Pages are printed at a rate of over 100 per minute and are then pressed, glued and cut to produce a pristine book.
Users simply pick the book they would like on a screen and wait for it to be printed … it certainly is a novel way of getting a new book.
Omfg
Oh, Gutenberg…is this the future you envisioned? In the time it takes to order and start sipping your cappuccino, you could then have a printed tome in your hands, and all of the world’s mysteries at your fingertips.


