Culture & Religion — September 28, 2009

feelBook

Imagine a device that would resemble an ordinary book, where 50-100 pages are made of electronic “ePaper” with “old” paper feel texture plus the advantages of gadgets like the Amazon’s Kindle: virtual bookshop, subscriptions, etc. You buy every book you want from the eStore and the content is updated on this device. rnrnHere you have the old book reading/feeling experience with the advantages of today’s kindle-like features. Not an eBook but a “feelBook”.

Gonçalo Catarino

Here you have the old book reading/feeling experience with the advantages of today’s kindle-like features. Not an eBook but a “feelBook”

We have the technology already. we just have to attach the strings and sell it with a price tag near its (theoretical) contenders.

Gadget making people are so focused in features that they forget about the “experience” of using something.

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Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

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The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

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a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

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The Well

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