Looks more like a microwave book machine to us.

Wicked Local Cambridge reports on the latest academic gadget to hit Mass. Ave. On Tuesday, Harvard Book Store will unveil the Espresso Book Machine , which can print library-quality paperbacks from a catalog of over 4.6 million titles, cranking out a 300-pager in 4 minutes. Harvard Book Store owner Jeffrey Mayersohn comments, “My vision is to provide our customers with any book ever written, in any format, and have it either in your hands or at your doorstep the same day,” Obscure books? Espresso? BICYCLE DELIVERY SERVICE? Noice approves.

The best part? You have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to name this bad boy! Harvard Book Store is looking for something “warm, yet snappy,” and encourages the use of puns and “silly and/or obscure literary references.” Contest ends tomorrow, so get your mind brewing!

Image courtesy of http://www.harvard.com/bookmachinecontest/

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