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Storyplay: Nokia and Sesame Street create video conferencing in a book

By Paul Ridden

16:49 November 3, 2009 PST

Parent and child enjoying the Storybook experience

Nokia has teamed up with Sesame Street to create an interactive reading experience that can involve grandparents and grandchildren no matter how far apart they may find themselves. The Storybook research project melds the tactile and visual pleasures of reading a real book with video conferencing technology which allows distant relatives to take an active part in a child's literacy development. Read More

ROBOTICS

Robot does it by the book

By Darren Quick

21:52 June 22, 2009 PDT

Ninomiya-kun, the book-reading robot

Too tired to read the little ones a bedtime story after a long day? Japanese researchers may have had the time-poor parent in mind when they developed Ninomiya-kun, a robot capable of reading aloud from that most ancient of random access mass storage devices - a book. Read More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Plastic Logic eReader to be used by Detroit newspapers

By Darren Quick

20:32 March 31, 2009 PDT

The Plastic Logic Reader with magazine camouflage

Many have predicted that the rise of the internet and the free availability of online news resources would sound the death knell of the humble newspaper. While that hasn’t happened yet the industry realizes it must adapt or indeed face extinction. The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News have seen the writing on the wall and think the time is right to go digital by partnering with Plastic Logic to offer digital content delivery and distribution with the forthcoming Plastic Logic Reader. Read More

GOOD THINKING

Waterproof Books

By Mike Hanlon

23:18 January 25, 2009 PST

Waterproof Books

January 26, 2009 Now here’s an idea we hadn’t come across before – waterproof books. Apparently they’ve been around for a while, but we figure if we hadn’t come across them, and we are constantly looking for new ideas to make life easier, more efficient or more fulfilling, quite possibly our readership might not have encountered them either. If for no other reason than experiencing the brain twisting experience of being afraid to get a precious book wet, even when you know it’s okay, maybe give it a try. Read More

 
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