Researchers Demo Flippable-Page E-book Reader

holy_calamity writes "E-readers are getting better but still limit users to keyboard-style interaction. Researchers at Berkeley and Maryland Universities have changed that with a reader that has two 'pages.' The two displays can be moved like a real book's pages to leaf through a document, or detached to compare and share virtual pages. If they are folded back to create a tablet with displays on each side, you can turn it over to flip pages. A video shows it in action." You may be reminded of the promised second-generation OLPC device, which looks somewhat similar.

Comments

Re:E-Paper is the way to go for this type of app

[CowboyNealOption]

"Next" and "Back" buttons were too confusing for people who can't read, so they made this feature to help them out.

Re:Oblig

[Alain Williams]

Its called a library.

wow, who would have thought!

[speedtux]

Amazing research! With two screens, you can display two facing pages, or two different documents, and you can even rotate pages.

What amazing innovations will they think of next?

Re:hmmm.

[blckclbrtn]

But why stop with a eReader? Make a standard tile module with a touch sensitive tactile screen and the skys the limit. four make a monitor, 64 make a tv, 128 make a wall screen. two make a laptop. one makes an eReader. 40 make a beowolf cluster for number crunching. And 512 make that awesome computer thing from "Minority Report" - yeah, I see where your mind is going...

Re:Pornographers are not early adopters

[Nefarious Wheel]

Dr. Ruth is a Hooker.

I'm so very sorry to hear that! However if she just keeps her wrists together and makes sure the club face remains perpendicular off the tee, I'm sure it can be cured.