Cincinnati-based Somatic Digital unveiled an eTouchBook at this week's (June 9-11) at the Sensors Expo in Rosemont, Ill. The touch-sensitive book technology combines printed pages with an electronic binding that provides touch sensitivity. Touching the book with a finger activates hyperlinks to Internet resources which then appear on a connected computer. Available for license to book publishers, the eTouchBook has been chosen by such customers as NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The electronic book binds printed pages into a plastic shell serving as the book's cover as well as housing its electronics. A USB connector in the book's binding allows it to be connected to a computer. As readers turn pages, they touch illustrations or other hyperlinks to activate a universal resource locator, which is sent via the USB cable to the computer for display of associated content.
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