To boldly read as no-one has read before

A couple of great links found thanks to a little blog called The Future of the Book [with help from Marylaine Block\’s Neat New Stuff].
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a grant to develop a 3-D digital library of rare books and manuscripts, in this story.
Meanwhile, scientists at Leeds University in the UK are working on a device which will be enable you to read a book without opening it, using the Star-Trek-esque \”terahertz waves\” which produce a readable image when passed through a book. More on this from Ananova.