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15.05.2009
The Open Universiteit Nederland started using e-book readers in the teachnig
process.
In three short higher education programms (Kort Hoger Onderwijsprogramma's (kho))
the studends recieve an e-book reader wherein substantial part of the
course materials is loaded. As a live-long-studying university we are striving
to make the education process flexible, accessible and efficient so that students
could be time- and place-independent in their studies. The use of helping means like
e-book readers as in this pilot course certainly will contribute to this, tells
member of the teaching staff Cees Brouwer. More (in Dutch)...
The choice of the Open Universiteit was Hanlin V3 ebook reader due to its stability,
usability and ability to play MP3 files.
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9.04.2009
The World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009
The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge
and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around
the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings,
films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant
cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote
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1.03.2009
Kindle just got company: New e-readers enter market from around the world
Amazon's share of the electronic book reader market just got smaller with new
e-readers from the Netherlands, China, Korea and also from the U.S.
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27.02.2009
Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader
The publisher plans to introduce a large-format device this year based on electronic-ink technology.
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Against a backdrop of plummeting ad revenue for newspapers and magazines,
and rising costs for paper and delivery, Hearst Corp., is getting set to launch an electronic
reader that it hopes can do for periodicals what Amazon's Kindle is doing for books.
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11.02.2009
Forget Kindle 2: Fujitsu's E-Reader Screen is Bigger, and It's in Color
In all the fuss about the new Amazon Kindle 2 yesterday, it was easy to forget that
the "upgraded" device still has a relatively small paperback-sized screen and can only
cope with greyscale imagery. And that's where Fujitsu's new e-reader triumphs: Its
display uses full color e-ink and is way bigger--at least three times bigger, it seems.
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28.10.2008
Carbon Nano-Tube Color A4 E-Paper
Samsung Electronics and Unidym have demonstrated the world’s first carbon nanotube-based color
active matrix electrophoretic display (EPD) e-paper. The revolutionary color e-paper was
demonstrated on a 14.3 inch display. The e-paper device jointly completed by Samsung and
Unidym uses a carbon nanotube (CNT) transparent electrode developed by Unidym. CNT is a
novel material that has extraordinary electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties.
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11.01.2008
E-boeken binnenkort in de bibliotheek
LEIDSCHENDAM - Op korte termijn krijgen openbare bibliotheken de mogelijkheid om online een
eigen collectie digtale boeken en luisterboeken uit te lenen. De dienstverlenende
organisatie voor bibliotheken NBD/Biblion heeft dit vrijdag bekendgemaakt.
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