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We’re happy to report that you will soon be able to buy your very own K.I.T.T. Yes, the brainiacs at MIT are developing a personal robot to fit in the dashboard of your car, just like in the hit TV show Knight Rider.

We cherish books for many reasons -- their familiarity, the memories they conjure, and the ideas they inspire. Collectors of antiquated books deal in those less tangible values as well as the material ones.

Producer Emma Jacobs spoke to sellers of rare books and American ephemera at the annual Antiquarian Book Fair at the 25th Street Armory in Manhattan. She asked them about the appeal of holding a piece of history, and how the business is transitioning into the digital age.