Biz Stone, cofounder of the blog site xanga and now Google employee, comes up with an
ingenious idea that could give the term e-book new meaning: Think about a traditional dead-tree book that is somehow equipped with
E-Ink (or any other e-paper technology, for that matter) and a WiFi receiver. So far, unimpressive. But then,
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The story inside the book is collectively edited online just like Wikipedia. The on-board receiver picks up the signal and the e-ink makes the necessary edits. The result is a kind of living book. The story changes over time. So if you want to find out how the version of the story you are reading *right now* ends then you'd better not put the book down. It's like magic.
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In other words, you could carry for instance a "paper" version of Wikipedia with you and be assured that its entries are always up-to-date whenever you have access to some WiFi connection. Does this sound realistic?