Blio , formally debuting next hebdomad at CES , let you read your ebooks as they ’re mean to look on paper . intelligibly , Kurzweil is signaling his choice of tablets over e - ink , and his first shots are definitely persuasive .
With apps planned soon for the iPhone and personal computer , Blio ’s cross - platform functionality makes it a natural tantrum for something like theApple iSlate , which along with other tablet devices should be pure for say cookbooks , child ’s books , and any other illustrated tome . It score a natural evolution off from the current line of descent of ebook readers , which are bound by the drab black and white of e - ink .
https://gizmodo.com/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors-5434566
E - ink hasmanifold problems , but possibly the enceinte of those is that it ’s just for text , return it essentially useless for any account book that requires rich representative . Blio seems to lick that offspring , while at the same time offering text - to - words capabilities that turn your ebook into an audio book .
https://gizmodo.com/why-i-think-e-ink-readers-are-dumb-5378234
Blio will also likely be offer over a million books at launching . While that plausibly includes a mess public domain filler from Project Gutenberg and Google Books , there are at least a few best - sellers ( Twilight , In Defense of Food , John Adams , etc . ) on the list as well . Better still , the app is get to be free .
Kurzweil has spend a lot of his timeenvisioning the future , withmixed degreesof success . But he ’s also a extremely respectedinventorwith a multitude of patent under his knock , meaning we should pay attention when he makes a move like this . Especially with tablets in line to potentiallyhit the mainstreamnext year , this is a product that fill a clear and present need , and fills it right now . Let ’s go for it lives up to the visual sense .
https://gizmodo.com/kurzweil-foresees-borgs-by-2045-128119
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