http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/ Engadget Comments for Book Time shrugs off e-readers, turns paper pages for you http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
an how did this piece of crap win robot of the year.

Asimo is way better!]]>Apr 13th 2009 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
At your behest, I have just broken my own spine and all I can think about is how much I want an eBook reader that I can control with an airtube.

But, I jest, so listen... while bringing a product to market to help paralytic persons function more proficiently is good and all, this pretty much fails on account of the blossoming eBook industry and... wait for it... how is a paralyzed person supposed to change the book? I don't know about you, but if I have a nice pair of PJs on and a cup of hot cocoa, I can pretty much burn through a saucy novel in a few hours and I get up searching for the next saga in the Discworld series. Were I confined to a bed with no possible way of finding my own entertainment, I would certainly want to just load the next book up when I'm ready.

A device like this is essentially an over-engineered Rube Goldberg Machine when more viable, serious alternatives are possible. ]]>Apr 13th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
so this may be useful for my niece.]]>Apr 13th 2009 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
I meant it doesn't seem to have a good mechanism for separating pages. This is a glossy magazine, other books might not be so easy for it.]]>Apr 13th 2009 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
If there are legal troubles with the Kindle empowering people to turn their e-books into audio books, imagine if a device permitted us to turn our own paper books into e-books. Effortlessly and cheaply.]]>Apr 13th 2009 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE2VCb4Wcn8

The problem with these things is that they sometimes turn more than one page at a time. You're reading page 5, activate it (through a sip and puff control or button) expecting to go to page 6, end up on page 14. To get back to page 6, you have to go through pages 12, 10, 8, and 6 without any multi-page turns. It greatly disrupts the reading process.

Give me a .pdf instead and I'll be happy.]]>Apr 13th 2009 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
On the other hand, I am grateful that there are individuals and companies involved in and concerned about the care and experience of the disabled. ]]>Apr 13th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
I was injured 5yrs ago @ the age of 18. I love reading but hardly any of the books I want are in PDF and I find it really hard to concentrate and listen to an Audiobook.

Something like this would be amazing for me as I could read any book. Also, I had an extremely hard studying in University because I couldn't turn pages. This would make things so much easier. There is a machine already but it is crappy and costs $5000+ USD.

How does an Amazon Kindle's buttons work? Could I get a switch soldered to the Previous & Next button?

If anyone knows or has one please respond!

Thanks so much,

Brad]]>Apr 13th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
For instance iWoz & Michael J. Fox's books are not available in PDF so I can't read them. Or I can't "listen" to my Engineering textbooks with diagrams & equations. So this is great but I doubt I'll be able to order one for awhile and it'll be expensive.

So once again, if you have a Kindle or any other solution, please Reply.


Brad]]>Apr 13th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 13th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/
I'd suggest you contact Amazon and describe your situation, and ask their technical department if the switches can be mounted as you describe. If they have any conscience, I bet they would offer to mod it for you. But give them a call and see if they have answers to your question.

Regards.]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/book-time-shrugs-off-e-readers-turns-paper-pages-for-you/Apr 14th 2009 5:17AM