I’ve been commenting on the promising future for paper in the age of e-books and tablets. But e-book proponents are continuing their assault on more traditional ways of delivering information. Gizmag reports on a new technology developed by a team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which has developed a new e-reading system that helps tablets and smartphones more closely mimic the look and feel of real paper books.
The KAIST Smart E-book System employs an “algorithm-based conversion technology” that makes use of the bezel area of a mobile device display to realistically depict page flipping, for example, allowing the user to flip through pages one at a time or rapidly. A user can use a finger to hold one page while continuing to flip through additional pages. Gizmag has a video of the technology in action.