With the future of reading heading squarely in the direction of electronic devices, what to do with the old timey book form?
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As the tablet wars continue, and devices intended exclusively for reading are traded in for multimedia entertainment systems, what will the future of reading look like?
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So, if the Kobo reader isn't quite the future of reading devices, it's certainly firmly entrenched in the present, with enough likeable qualities at a price point that few could argue with, to keep it on our list of readers we wouldn't mind spending a night at home curled up with on the sofa, reading Wuthering Heights while our significant other plays Red Dead Redemption.
Such poetry aside, there was still a sense of doom permeating the industry, even if it wasn't directly linked to the devices that would eclipse more traditional reading vectors in the not-so-distant future.
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Human-enhancement researchers at the University of Reading, for their part, are considering future technologies, such as embedded devices that enhance the senses or add new ones, and implants that improve memory or allow messages to be sent or devices to be controlled using thought alone.
But what does this mean for the future of e-reading?
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My goal was to bring the opportunity of a better future to the girls by creating an after-school reading program just for them.
The advent of reading comics digitally, especially on tablets, has been seen by some as the future of the comics industry, as print readership continues to decline.
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"Immersive reading technologies will provide a future tablet PC with the ability to be a good read as well as a good write, " Brass said.
Today, debates about fiction's future usually center on the technologies of reading.
So investors, reading the tea leaves, expect bad news about Sun's future earnings.
Reading between the lines of these wildly disparate valuations, one could almost imagine a future without buildings.
Oliver points to research showing that video gamers are more likely to be better lucid dreamers, and sees an opportunity for a future form of social media that employes a growing use of brain-reading gadgets like the Zeo, Muse and others.
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President Bush is now reading Michael Beschloss's excellent history "The Conquerors, " about how Franklin Roosevelt planned Germany's postwar future.
My childhood (at least the formative years) was spent reading novels like Neuromancer and Snow Crash, and poring over stories about a future promised by Mondo 2000 and Wired.
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