Here’s My E Book. The idea’s as simple as could be. Basically it’s a regular book except the pages are made out of flexible OLEDs, there is a processor and memory stored in the binding, and there is a pop-out touchscreen interface inside the cover – the goal is to maintain the look and feel of a normal book as much as possible.
There are fifty pages in my drawing, but it would be completely scalable – 50 just seemed like a good place to start. If the reading material surpassed 50 pages – which is likely – the reader would simply return to the first page and press the advance button on the navigation screen of the touch pad, which would load the next fifty pages into the book. One would also have the option of jumping to any selection. While it’s not paper, the OLED’s would still deliver content in a similar fashion, and maintain the most primal experience of flipping through a book.
Since the book is inherently scalable, it can satisfy the full spectrum of reading rituals – from a short pulp that one takes on the subway, to that massive Russian novel one chips away at every night in bed.
The E Book would operate much in the same way as a kindle in regard to content – downloading books, and subscribing to newspapers and other media that is becoming available.
The touchscreen interface could be left in place and used just to manage libraries or navigate a given book – so that if one was reading on the go – in a busy train for instance, there wouldn’t be anything superfluous to juggle around and disturb one’s routine. On the other hand, if one had the room to spread out, they could detach the touch screen and jot notes with the stylus as they read.
Lastly, since the E Book is blue tooth equipped, it could easily share material with any other blue tooth equipped device. One could even share their notes – which could be set to appear on the pages they reference – so as to impart their own personal experience to a friend.
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