[KAIST ITC] Smart E-Book Interface Prototype Demo

[brianl9944]

koreans are smart.

[sybreon]

i think that we should just embrace the new e-book form factors and stop trying to approximate real-books.. the young gradually not know what a real book feels like in the future anyway..

[ocwriter2]

this vid gets stuck-like what i see..so far

[ORAINY1]

the most cons about ebook is the screen effect to the eye ..... other than that it's perfect

[rawrxmini]

a lot of these features are unnecessary, but it makes for a good application i suppose to know that i can squiggle and it will turn the page....

theres some good stuff here too, like holding one page while you flip, but really its just an upgraded version of what the nook already does.

[Sportsmaniac1322]

Some of these ideas look like they belong in iBooks! I especially love the page flipping idea! It's just like having a real book!

[Hamken100per]

すばらしい。

[iPhoneiBloG]

nice

[MrBokfanas]

useless, isnt it?

[drdroid86]

everything is beautiful in the video but I like an experienced user of various types of touch screens can say with confidence, Cho to scroll so, the person will have a month to train. so that your invention is nonsense.

[ojm02]

I think it's great if you can get an idea of where you are in a book by seeing the book's "border" like that!

[wer2123]

대박...

[bamskg]

does it can hit fly?

[yourpsychedelic]

Seems great! Street date?

[Katecca]

I don't think it is necessary to bring the traditional page flipping behavior to an e-book. They are two separated stuff! The navigation of an E-book should be simple and not to be fancy!

[wataboYT]

good

[lucasbudega]

Whats the song ?

[misestrelka]

What an eBook reader really needs is to be flexible like paper.

[coosoorlog]

This is stupid. If want a real book, I get one. I expect a LOT more from a digital device, not fancy but impractical page turning.

[anubis9109]

@coosoorlog "impractical"? This is considerably practical. Just like how normal page turning is practical. How about you stick to your real books, I'm carry around my entire collection of several hundred books in my backpack weighed down by only the pound or two of the tablet, lets see if you can do that with your real book.

[appzventure]

great dev... nice idea...

[peinsiro]

Very nice Interface!

[djjenders]

Wow this is great, had to feature it on my blog. I hope that you find a way to get this into all tablet interfaces - especially the iPad.

jenders.com/2012/01/24/student­s-design-a-better-page-flip-ex­perience-for-the-ipad/

[LordGinoDiCaprio]

That is beautiful

[Nearside]

This makes so much sense, I bet the developers at Apple are applauding. This is brilliant. Nicely done.

[BigWillyVlogs]

Get a REAL BOOK out, problem solved.

[MrPushkini]

what about android?

[KungFuChess]

I like the idea but its old navigation. Its works for printed material but I dont know about e-books. the whole point of e-books is I dont have to flip back and forth through tons of pages to find what im looking for!

[mrA991s]

Kid don't need a back bag full of Books and stuff anymore :)

but why don't we start with giving our kids like these in school instead of printing and buying papers and inks . with the technology we have today I don't think kids need to learn more the reading ,writing, and math later they can read what ever subject they like

[chewchoo]

@mrA991s your reply just reinforced the fact that it is paramount that our kids continue to receive an education where they are taught to read and write properly.

If English isn't your native language... good effort.

[wicgene]

Кто от Эклера палец вверх!

[ekubyshin]

very good!

[Angeloras]

I have to pick up my jaw from the floor.

[rainbowgay21]

KAIST is a really prestigious university in Korea..

Wow~ This is nice!

[patcconnolly]

I am incredibly happy that this is going to exist, but also incredibly disappointed that reading an e-book in a natural manner will essentially be patented... :/

[patcconnolly]

@patcconnolly So yeah... i wish this was developed as a open-source project, because this being patently is a travesty...

[UninstallGentoo]

Simply genius.

[wonderwall135]

that's brilliant. yeah apple should buy the rights from you guys.

[ExtremeRyno]

I'd drop a few bucks on an app that does that.

[illuminazi]

...then just have a "I'm not a Moron" option in the iBooks preferences. Checking it enables this awesome feature, and morons won't be able to find the preferences anyway so it's all good.

[deweytann]

Very nice guys!!! I'm down!

[SnakeShitNL]

when can we see this in Cydia as an tweak for iOS???

[crsh1976]

Gimmicky and pointless, can we get rid of the archaic book metaphor already?

[wonderwall135]

@crsh1976 No.

[rodricav]

Search? Why? Stupid application...

[Paratron]

Looks nice at first, but isnt a good idea. Why? Its not obvious to the users.

[MovGP0]

should be available on android too...

[JCD20071981]

It looks awesome and real life like, BUT; apple has to stay on the safe side; cause morons operate apple products too. So if you are not aware of this feature, holding a book wrongly will cause this flipping page-effect at unwanted moments. I really don't need this feature, but it looks cool to be honest!

[Skrufnyckeln]

Stick tight to this idea, it's awesome!

[lceus]

How about you PATENT THIS. Apple will pay you dude.

[tobiasclub10]

coming in ipad3

[zungaloca]

awesome

[earthlinglife]

can we roll it up and kill a fly?

[erickmagnus]

Curti, mas esse conceito dá MUITAS opções pra fazer a mesma coisa. Não é Apple-like. Bastava a borda e bookmarks com o dedo. Seria fantástico assim!

[louis993546]

I think this will be awesome if the tablet is fast enough to load every single pages and we don't have to wait till the pages pops up.

[Dilster3k]

Actually, the way Apple does it is much better.. This is kinda a waste of time.

[sungamones]

This is really awesome

[henriok]

Is it just me or isn't this still the WRONG solution to the problem that is navigating a large amount of information. Linear text, bounded to "pages" is a constraint of manufacturing problems originating in medieval times. Surely we can leave that behind us now?

[poeticmemory1]

Page moving by geturing the pg number is the best function ever. Plus, the recognition of multi-touch points could become base technology for more advanced functions! Kudos to the korean researchers

[greatjuiced]

Google, buy them now!!!!

[kianaisadog]

dido ishu991's comment! too cool. 

[yuvalnovik]

Cool! Cool cool cool!

[fernandapresa]

awesome! :D

[ishu991]

One word: Fuckin amazing. Or 2 words, rather ;)

[eliseuu]

wow.. awesome!

[VenomUK]

Great tech concept. What is the music track? Shazam tells me Franco Corda but the song title is wrong. Any ideas?

[Lambert0000]

You should make the same app for other devices not just Apple.

Giving it just to Apple will simply get stronger a company that doesn't deserve to get any stronger and it will make this experience impossible to any other non-Apple user (and they are many)

Don't tie up to a single company: remain independent, and get royalties: it will make you much richer in the medium/long run.

[Nutz320]

@Lambert0000 Why doesn't Apple deserve to get any stronger?

[Lambert0000]

@Nutz320 I don't hide it, because I dislike the company. If Apple gets their hands on this app it will be available only to Apple users, while if it remains licensed everybody would experience it.

[JustinNorman]

Really nice work! I hope this makes its way into an e-book reader app of some kind in the very near future, and I hope you guys get the recognition you deserve for figuring out how to implement this!

[alquiora]

A W E S O M E

[fungustrancez]

i don't get the point of it, i use ibooks and don't seem to miss any of these things :s

[MrFoxInc]

Oh my goodness. But I guess this won't be available for Android.

[icanseeuranus]

i can't see how turning 4 pages at a time would be useful.

[otikik]

I'm sorry, but I hate the whole idea.

For reading, I'll take true physical buttons + e-ink over touchscreens any day.

[sirinalot]

@otikik go fuck your kindle

[Myfrogsnameisbob]

I sincerely hope Apple steals all of your wonderful ideas and makes them a part of iBooks and Newsstand. <3

[aerodyno]

You shouldn't be able to patent this, the prior art (books) have been around forever.

[leif81]

great more patents

[artgoih]

Amazing!

[jonbiddell]

I hate reading ebooks for research or study because the readers are missing these essential features !!!

[KiloSierraAlpha]

Someone contact people at Apple about this! It's awesome!

[ronaldpoi]

Beginning of the video: "Navigation on a e-book is [...] distracting from reading task". Sure, all this new interactions and animations make us focus on the content.

[fungustrancez]

@ronaldpoi thats why i've been thinking!!!

[norufune]

I hope Apple — no, anybody writing any kind of application with a paged reading experience — rips off your best ideas; and I mean that in the nicest way possible.

[tofanheu]

@norufune Yeah hopefully Apple buys you guys out =D

[tombobzine]

@norufune It's patented, so if anyone uses these ideas, they have to pay anyway.

[dndn1011]

5 people won't have the coordination to use this product, as they could not even press the thumbs up button.

[voyagerfan5761]

Confused as to why anyone would click the thumbs-down on this video...

[maniactive]

@voyagerfan5761 (Because it's fingers sliding over glass. It gives your hands no tactile sense of scale or weight. It's kitschy & doesn't significantly advance the reading experience.)

[markjaquith]

@voyagerfan5761 Because it's complicated, and non-obvious.

[SebastianKaczorowski]

it's not e-ink screen, it seems to be TFT. Tablet is not the same thing as e-book reader :(

[WeirdosWithCameras00]

Rockin'!

[TheVainIII]

I'm all for this coming to android!

[demonlizardofficial]

Build for Android, you'll make a mint!

[Pesticular]

@demonlizardofficial More like you'll get a load of downloads and some money from annoying ads :P

In b4 name-calling, I have an Android phone and tablet.

[demonlizardofficial]

@Pesticular Ah yes!

I too have an Android phone (HTC Sensation) and tablet (ASUS Transformer, soon to be Prime)

[Pantherspwn]

@demonlizardofficial You have the exact same setup as me xD. (TF201 and HTC Sensation) The prime is AMAZING.

[llewsilverhand]

Implemented with an Apple Private API. Which means you'll never be able to release it on the app store. Just build it for Android. No restrictions there.

[ZRodTW]

Can't wait till books are obsolete. Yes some devices are expensive but so long as you don't go Apple, there are choices from $100 tablets to $200 Kindle Fire to $500 Transformer Prime. Still sounds expensive but if you read even a decent amount it is cheaper in the long run as ebooks tend to be cheaper and you don't have to drive around to get a book.

I get no eyestrain from my Transformer Prime reading magazines, though I can't speak for other users. E-ink is getting better though.

[TheDude886]

still not a real book. and still not going to feel like a real book.

[editingevil]

@TheDude886 Very true. I don't think anything would/could ever replace a real book. The heft, the texture, the sound. But this does have an application with things like textbooks or one-offs or even for people who travel often and still like to read. Camping/going to the beach/traveling by air or bus is made a little cumbersome for those who can power through multiple books on their relaxed days.

[synesthete21]

@TheDude886 It will once feelscreen technology is perfected.

[hamzajilani]

When are you going to release this app?

[ivucica]

@hamzajilani It's implemented with private API (as it says in the description) so they probably have to rewrite it.

[natarajsasid]

youtube.com/watch?v=SvZCBRTGVI­U&feature=related

[EmoKingxUlquiorra]

This is cool and everything but I swear I'm going to be so mad if we indefinitely go paperless! You can't be too lazy to turn a couple of pages and I refuse to cough up the cash for this device because newspapers and books went obsolete :P

[gene7299]

cool



[shimuran]

目がチカチカするe-inkのページめくりよりはいいかも〜。

[LyleYeung]

太強



[GreatSiDi]

Oh, likefull! But... Why only Apple Private API? This will be on Android, or...? Anyway, that is nice technology, i have always wanted something like this.

[otamanlvhs]

Reading from tablet will your eye balls pop out.I can read kindle for hour without getting eyes strained.

[Dekztar]

@otamanlvhs This is complete garbage that Kindle owners constantly spout. People read computer and tablet screens for hours every day. I set my tablet to white text on a black background and read for hours with no strain.

[1Yasser9MM9Ameen1]

●•ツ•●

ده حقيقى

!!

[oceanreborn]

11 patents ;-)

[stephaneeybert]

What is the soundtrack ?

[JewelryCzar]

That's great eye candy, but how is it really helpful in the real world? Flipping pages is quite an inefficient way to search a book - it's a last resort. The "search" feature in most eBook readers is very efficient and easy to use. I think the people prone to reading eBooks vs paper books are more likely to use a search feature over a flip-around-randomally feature.

That said, it's an amazing interface and could be used *with* existing eBook features to make a more immersible interface.

[broli123]

I used to be a kindle lover, then I saw this video...

[OliverBarraza]

If this makes it to the market, I would be willing to move to e-books.

[MinotawrTV]

This has changed my life.