Physicists at Berkeley have figured out a way to digitally record the grooves of records and even wax cylinders without actually touching them. The technique also allows the identification of defects in the grooves that can then be edited out. The Library of Congress is a likely user of this technology given their enormous collection of early sound recordings and will allow them to open the recordings up to a much larger audience.
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