Bridging the gap between your smartphone and the morning paper, the Little Printer creates tiny digests culled from news sources, social networks and other subscriptions giving you something physical to read on your commute to work.
With a smiling face that gets printed at the end of every strip, Berg’s Little Printer is almost too cute for its own good, but I’m sure that will be a big part of its appeal. It uses a roll of thermal receipt paper so there’s no ink to replace, and since Berg is a design agency, the miniature newspapers it spits out are a graphical treat. What exactly is included in your personal digest is configured via an app — like news, Foursquare reports, daily Sudoku puzzles — and are delivered at the push of a button or on a preset schedule.
It can also be used to spit out quick messages, like a miniature fax machine, or for printing physical copies of to-do or shopping lists. The Little Printer won’t be available until 2012 when it initially launches as a beta product, turning early adopters into testers, but until that time Berg is looking to beef up the number of content providers available when it launches. And I’m sure they’ll also create a couple of more cute face options too. [Little Printer via Coudal]
MDolley
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 10:21 AMAwesome concept. I like the idea of starting the day with a happy little personal newspaper and maybe a coffee.
Sylver
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 12:45 PMLooks excellent! I wonder if it’s for iPhone only.
And I hope there’s an option to disable the little face. It’s cool and all, but thermal paper isn’t so cheap I wan’t to waste a quarter of it on drawing faces.
Dan
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 3:59 PMWhen I first heard about the tiny printer this morning I thought it was the dumbest thing that I had heard of in a long time.
But now after watching the video and thinking about all the ways that I could use it I am completely sold on the idea and want to be one of the first people to get one.