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Camera Phone As High-precision Scanner

christchurch writes "The software, developed by NEC and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in Japan, goes further than existing cellphone camera technology by allowing entire documents to be scanned simply by sweeping the phone across the page. As reported, an A4 sized page takes only 3 to 5 seconds to scan, and it is causing copyright concerns."

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  1. The RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    will be suing people using this phone in no time.

  2. A simple fact. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Japanese phones are superior because Japanese PEOPLE are superior.