Launched in 2002, it was meant to revolutionise the way technology was used in the health service by paving the way for electronic records, digital scanning and integrated IT systems across hospitals and community care.

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It rewards a 21st century audience accustomed to scanning mounds of digital information and quickly categorizing that information into familiar frames of reference.

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Combining digital with analogue he set about scanning the plates to reveal some delicate frames shot in what seems to be wartime France and you can see some of them at the top of this page.

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"New digital design tech, 3D printing, robotics and the emerging field of 3D scanning, plus exponential leaps in manufacturing -- together, they are putting really powerful tools into the hands of individuals, " he says.

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More companies rely on scanning and faxing than you would imagine, despite the prevalence of online and digital solutions.

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Mapping the modern distribution of these superclusters is one of the tasks of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (another foundation-funded instrument, based in New Mexico), which is scanning a quarter of the sky in unprecedented detail.

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