{"id":8064,"date":"2009-12-17T11:41:13","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T19:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2010-05-10T00:16:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:16:41","slug":"the-future-of-magazines-looks-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/electrotech\/the-future-of-magazines-looks-awesome","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Magazines Looks Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"mag+\"$ <\/a>It seems that any article or blog post mentioning the future of magazines is one big Debbie Downer. Yes, yes, we know – the print industry is dying, dead, maybe even dead as a door nail – but is there no sliver of optimism in this doomsday cloud?<\/p>\n

Well, we found a little something that makes the future of magazines look not just alive, but downright awesome. May we present to you Mag+, a concept design for a portable tablet eReader made from the collaborative juices of the designers at BERG\u00c2\u00a0and Bonnier R&D (the publishers of Popular Science<\/em>).<\/p>\n

As it’s designed right now, the Mag+ tablet has a touchscreen you can use to scroll vertically within an article and horizontally between stories. It’s a simple, uncluttered look -\u00c2\u00a0but you can also “heat up” the device (by rubbing it with your finger) to connect to web sites to share pictures, comment on stories, or dig up supplementary material.<\/p>\n

But, more importantly, it looks frickin’ awesome. Don’t believe us? Check out the snazzy video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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