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Electronic books ... really! As the old adage
goes, the problem with a book on computer is that you can't take it to bed, to the beach or to the bathroom. But according to Popular Science, MIT's Media Lab is working on electronic ink that would work with
paper pages. This ink consists of millions of microscopic particles encased in tiny capsules, a thousand of which can fit in the letter A. When you run a negative electrical charge through the particle, it turns dark.
The spine of the book contains the modem, battery and a microprocessor, so all you do is download a book from the Internet and the paper pages are instantly "typeset" with high-resolution ink. You can make
the type larger, or add notes with an electronic stylus, or activate animated graphics. You could even search a murder mystery to find out more about certain clues. And when you want a new book, just download it and the
book re-typesets itself. Because the ink stays typeset, you don't need to lug around batteries or plugs. However, the problem so far is finding a way to mass manufacture pages that contain this conductive ink. It
could take years. And even then, the electronic book will cost at least US$200, plus the costs of the material you download.
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