I came across this article this evening on the speed reader machine I saw two years ago here in Richmond from Xerox PARC. I thought I’d link it up since I have thought about this invention many times since that experience of using the machine.

With the device in an arcade-style enclosure, I was able to read in excess of 600 words per minute.

What I often wonder, in this age of Kindles and Nooks, is why these devices don’t yet make use of the reading technology developed and then marketed by Xerox in their XFR project…

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