{"id":404,"date":"2009-03-15T23:26:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluehaired.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2009-09-02T17:20:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T16:20:50","slug":"tokens-books-and-libraries-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehair.co\/corner\/2009\/03\/tokens-books-and-libraries-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"TOKENS: Books and libraries of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[media id=12 width=600 height=450]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already made a post before talking about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluehaired.com\/2009\/03\/personal-area-libraries-pals-books-and-libraries-of-the-future\" target=\"_blank\">Personal Area Libraries<\/a>, one of our concepts in our attempt to design the books and libraries of the future. Today it&#8217;s time to show our second concept, the <em>Tokens<\/em>. You can see the results of our initial research by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluehaired.com\/2009\/03\/personal-area-libraries-pals-books-and-libraries-of-the-future\" target=\"_blank\">previous post<\/a> so that you can understand why we came up with this concept, but in the mean time and just to give you an idea, here&#8217;s the vision we developed as a starting point:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;In a world full of volatile digital media, people feel distant and unconnected from their reading material. It&#8217;s so easy to copy and distribute media that its very possession has lost its value.<br \/>\nWe want to bring this value back to the people.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So here it goes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE READING MATERIAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reading material is independent of the eReader itself. It is carried individually<!--more--> in \u201cTokens\u201d which have a specific shape and look linked to the content. It can be compared to DVDs and CDs.<\/p>\n<p>The tokens are valuable to the user for 2 reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their content is non-transferable and non-erasable; hence to have access to that specific content, the user must have the Token in their possession. It is not \u201cvolatile\u201d any more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They become unique by offering the user the possibility to add a one-time, non-erasable, non-transferable, personalized &#8220;message&#8221; that becomes an integral part of the content in that specific Token (e.g. A dedicatory, or a self addressed message reminding you how you got the Token)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THE READER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the Tokens are independent from the eReader, they can be displayed in different formats of readers, which in turn can remain fairly simple (only a function to flip pages for example) , giving the importance to the carrier (Tokens) and the content instead of the machine itself.<\/p>\n<p>Some ideas for simple readers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Single sheet of e-paper<\/li>\n<li>Double sheet of e-paper (to flip pages for example)<\/li>\n<li>Rolled up e-paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THE LIBRARY:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bluehaired.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/me_and_my_books1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-416\" title=\"me_and_my_books1\" src=\"http:\/\/bluehaired.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/me_and_my_books1-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"me_and_my_books1\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluehair.co\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/me_and_my_books1-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.bluehair.co\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/me_and_my_books1.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe library consists of a plane surface in which the Tokens can be attached freely. For example, the user can choose to cluster his Tokens as he wishes. When the user wishes to read a book, he detaches one of the Tokens, and uses his preferred reader to display it.<\/p>\n<p>The library also offers \u201cinspiring\u201d possibilities such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create different types of \u201cconnections\u201d between books I order to visualize relations between them such as line connections or color coding. For example, the user could cluster them on a physical arrangement by author, create line connections depending on their subject, and color-code them by favorite groups.<\/li>\n<li>Visualize the \u201cSoul\u201d of the Tokens. This could be manifested for example as a cloud of keywords and\/or key images from the book being displayed around the Token, or by showing the unique personal message they carry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Underneath, you can see a quick video demonstrating the concept.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[media id=12 width=400 height=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[media id=12 width=600 height=450] I&#8217;ve already made a post before talking about the Personal Area Libraries, one of our concepts in our attempt to design the books and libraries of the future. Today it&#8217;s time to show our second concept, the Tokens. 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