Reading

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

16:49 November 3, 2009

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

ELECTRONICS

Nachteule makes night-time reading more 'enlightening'

By Jeff Salton

20:14 September 20, 2009

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The Nachteule light clips on to reading glasses - its LED produces the equivalent of a 60W...

Reading at night can be problematic. Firstly, there can be arguments in bed between partners – one who wants to sleep with the light off, the other who wants to read with a light on. Then there’s the issue of inadequate bedside lighting or the shadows on your pages cast by an overhead light. Well, if you wear glasses, the Nachteule (night owl) light may help solve your night-time reading problems. Read More

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