MARK bookmark: illuminates your book pages at night

Alexander Turcic · 11-14-2007, 10:20 AM

Those ingenious minds at Yanko Design did it again, this time with the mockup of an electronic bookmark device that illuminates book pages using flexible OLEDs. And it looks really cool, too.

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FOLEDs or flexible organic light emitting diodes provide bright illumination with very little power. MARK uses a sheet of thin plastic embedded with FOLEDs to achieve a glowing effect. The intensity of the light can be controlled and the best part is if you fall asleep, you’re bookmark is already where you left off.

Best of all, its designer, Avnish Gautam, has reason to believe that something similar to his concept will hit the stores soon. And I know what you all have been asking yourself... would this also work with an E Ink device?

Thanks to MobileReader 13xforever for telling us about it!

yvanleterrible · 11-14-2007, 11:29 AM

Hey, eink is also called electronic paper, it will work.

I see only one situation why it wouldn't work. The fact that there is an elevated ledge all around the bezel of all readers. This light would be at optimal if it were right next to the surface, so its size should be cut down to the width of the interior of the screen, without losing the battery part.

NatCh · 11-14-2007, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

...so its size should be cut down to the width of the interior of the screen, without losing the battery part.

I'm hoping for width and height, myself.

yvanleterrible · 11-14-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

I'm hoping for width and height, myself.

Yeah! One piece whole screen.

Hey, it would be brilliant if it were sold by the square foot!

(pun intended)

mores · 11-14-2007, 11:45 AM

that's way cool!
immagine if they'd cooperate with ebook reader manufacturers and have that thing built-in!

what i don't get is the letters at the top ... looks useful .... but for what ?

drkool · 11-14-2007, 12:33 PM

Come to think of it....why just a bookmark. Why not cover the whole screen. Could come as an optional extra. I must say this is an amazing idea. forget e-ink...if designed properly this can allow you to read a book in the dark without bothering others around you.

Now only if I knew where to get one tommorrow. :-)

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11-14-2007, 11:29 AM	#2
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Hey, eink is also called electronic paper, it will work. I see only one situation why it wouldn't work. The fact that there is an elevated ledge all around the bezel of all readers. This light would be at optimal if it were right next to the surface, so its size should be cut down to the width of the interior of the screen, without losing the battery part.

11-14-2007, 11:45 AM	#5
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	that's way cool! immagine if they'd cooperate with ebook reader manufacturers and have that thing built-in! what i don't get is the letters at the top ... looks useful .... but for what ?

11-14-2007, 12:33 PM	#6
drkool Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: irex illiad	Come to think of it....why just a bookmark. Why not cover the whole screen. Could come as an optional extra. I must say this is an amazing idea. forget e-ink...if designed properly this can allow you to read a book in the dark without bothering others around you. Now only if I knew where to get one tommorrow. :-)

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