Binary Genesis/Michael Greer

MetaBook: Imagining the Book of the Future

What if eink had paper’s texture and dimensionality?

The Book — a disconnection device, a physical entity, a deep bandwidth invention that does not need electricity to run, is portable and can be taken along on our travels or just lazing in bed while transmitting faithfully the wisdom of the ancients or moderns and opening up magical spaces of transformation.

One has to make the effortless effort to read, creating an active conversation with the best that humanity has to offer. Each of us has our own favorite Book, and let’s hope that this tangible time machine last forever!

Now imagine if there was something like a “MetaBook”, a 4-sheet leather-bound solar-powered ebook reader made out of eink pages having the texture of paper.

It would supply the 3D paper-like physicality lacking in current 2D ereader devices. Readers would enjoy access to an infinite cloud library while replicating the tangibility of page-thumbing flipping and the scanning search navigational context of physical books.

Turn the epage to go to the next page. Flip the epages back and forth and you can flip through the entire book. Shake the MetaBook to load your next book!