The first e-book: the development of the technology of e-books.

Modern man surprised device such as wearable or e-book is difficult, although a couple of decades ago, this technique has not been widely distributed and recognizable. Who was the inventor of the first e-book and what evolutionary path passed this device before appearing on the shelves of modern technology?

The story of the first e-book

It all started back in 1971, when a promising writer of Illinois (USA) named Michael Stern Hart made a "digitization" of the US Declaration of Independence. Digitize the official document Hart because in a way it was easier to work with him, and the ability to access the Xerox Sigma V while powerful computer allows conceived.

Subsequently, Michael suffered a few prints in the digitized form, and then took part in a project called "Gutenberg", whose main aim was to develop a digital library project on thousands of electronic books. Thanks to the enthusiasm and determination of participants, the project was a success, and by 2005 the library website has more than 17 000 copies of various materials.

The development of e-book technology

Although considered to be the ancestor of the reader Michael Hart, devices capable of displaying text information on their displays were produced by experts from the DEC company in 1996. They are sold under the name DEC Lectrice, which can be translated from French as "reader". The first e-book was like a tablet computer.

REFERENCE! Lectrice He had a metal casing and a button type control panel. Virtually no additional functions, besides the main, did not have the reader.

The invention of "electronic paper", which allows the text that appears on the screen, to make more visible and not too bright, happened in 2007. Opening and introduction of this method of display material to a large extent affected the popularization of e-books among the townsfolk. The new devices are available now, and read with them became more enjoyable.

Modern e-books

Today, e-books can not only read the text to display, but also to carry out other functions:

• download books directly from the Internet;
• view the images and photos;
• record and play music;
• play video files;
• run is not too demanding on the application of power;
• expand the available memory capacity by installing additional carrier.

Today, there are two basic display technology for the reader: LED and E-lnk Pear. Basically, the differences between the two types of screens are the parameters of brightness and color display. In the case of the second type, the image has a yellow color, so what happens in some newspapers. In the case of LED-display basic background of bright and white.

REFERENCE! Fans of not only reading, but also video and images better suited devices with LED-displays.

In order to better understand whether these devices are needed to be better acquainted with their main advantages and disadvantages. Among the undoubted advantages of electronic books, most experts highlights:

• Compact and easy to handle;
• the possibility of adjusting the brightness, contrast and many other settings for comfortable reading;
• the ability to store a large number of really textual information on a small media;
• the possibility of expanding the available memory.

In addition, all "real accessories" for reading, such as bookmark pages, available on an electronic device. For people with disabilities realized Readers Braille.

It should be noted, however, that such devices are not without some drawbacks, the most important of which are:

• relatively high cost (especially for big-name manufacturers models);
• unavailability view color images on some models;
• a negative impact on sleep of users and provoking their feelings of lethargy.

Whatever it was, hundreds and thousands of people around the world every day using e-books to read a couple of pages of a favorite work in the afternoon or always have access to the pocket library with tens and hundreds books.