http://www.ioctsalon.com
Thursday 1st November 2007, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (doors open at 5.30pm for
drinks)
at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University,
Leicester, UK (see http://www.ioctsalon.com/directions.htm for map and
directions)
This event is free of charge and open to the public.
Manolis Kelaidis' blueBook
Manolis Kelaidis is a designer and engineer who likes his books to be
made of paper. His recent work looks into the future of the traditional
book as an interface to access digital content. He is a lecturer at the
Royal College of Art and a Fellow at Imperial College's Tanaka Business
School in London. His previous work ranges from designing art
exhibitions for Sony to researching at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology ETH Zurich.
The blueBook project makes printed pages digitally interactive by
embedding circuits in each page printing text with conductive ink. When
you touch a "linked" word on the page your finger completes a circuit,
sending a signal to a processor in the back cover which communicates by
Bluetooth with a nearby computer, bringing up information on the screen.
Links:
Outline of the blueBook project at booktwo.org -
http://booktwo.org/notebook/the-bluebook/
Discussion of the project at the Institute for the Future of the Book -
http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/archives/2007/06/the_paper_ebook.htm
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blueBook photos on flickr -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98023715@N00/tags/bluebook/
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The IOCT Salon ( http://www.ioctsalon.com ) is managed by Chris Joseph,
Digital Writer in Residence at the Institute of Creative Technologies,
De Montfort University. This residency is funded by Arts Council
England: East Midlands.
For further information about the IOCT Salon please email Chris: info
/at/ ioctsalon.com . To be notified of future events please join the
mailing list on the Salon website.
The IOCT Salon is held at and staged by De Montfort University and the
Insitute of Creative Technologies, and is supported by Arts Council
England and the Literature Development Network.
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