Reading is the best way to acquire knowledge. In this modern age we have migrated from printed media to electronic media. The major disadvantage of printed media is the space that it occupy and the effort that need to be made to preserve them. But on the other hands its quiet convenient to read, flip pages, mark and highlight points. In the electronic age the technology books get absolute in a few years therefor its not a good idea to print them.

The advantage of electronic media is that its easy to store, can copy without the need to retype, can only print the required pages, enlarge font, search the document but the disadvantage is that how its displayed. So far we didn’t have much choice of how we could read a e-Document. We only had CRT monitors, LCD display devices etc. These bright devices put a lot of strain on the eye. Now the e-Document reading had been revolutionized with the invention of ‘Plastic Logic’. ‘Turnover’ is the best of these, which wone the first prize at a competition held at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design.

It uses two traditional aspects of reading - turning the page and folding the corner - to exploit the physical capabilities of flexible displays, while humanizing the experience of reading an electronic book or newspaper.

The screen that is rotated to the back refreshes the next page during the turning action, thereby stimulating a whole book or magazine with only two pages. According to designer Timothy Yeoh, “Turnover is two pages with infinite possibilities - you can lose yourself in any number of worlds.”

Touch the on button for a few seconds to bring up the book select menu and use the scroll wheel to select the book or quickly skip to the desired page. Touchscreen capability lets you bend the corner to toggle bookmarks on or off, with a bookmark symbol on the page for easy reference when scrolling through.

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Source:
http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/6619.html

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