C’mon HarperCollins. C’mon. We know that books aren’t flying off shelves like they used to, but you’re not helping matters with policies like this – setting your ebooks to lock up after 26 rentals and forcing libraries to buy a new copy to keep them on shelves. Ugh.
Apparently, local libraries are the biggest DVD rental stores in the US. According to a survey released by the Online Computer Library Centre, US public libraries lend an average of 2.1 million movies per day. That’s more than Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster.
If only Apple had recreated its app wall from WWDC last year, but with iPads! The 300 iPads used in this concept wall from Australian architects would cost $US149,700 if it was real. Apple could’ve afforded it, I’m sure.
This particular architectural gem could only come from Deutschland. It’s an outdoor library partially constructed out of beer crates. Not surprising that they’ve been working on it since 2005 though, takes time to empty out the crates after all.
So you need a porn fix and your internet connection is down. What do you do? If you’re a dirty perv and happen to live in Queensland, it seems that you head to the local public library, download some hardcore stuff and start flogging your junk.
In Windows 7, Microsoft has scrapped the virtual/smart folders feature previously available in Vista to categorise documents and replaced it with Libraries. At first, I was really confused: what the hell is a library?
Dutch designer Jelte van Geest’s RFID-enabled robotic chair is for Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven, and it’s fantastic. What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library card in front of the chair’s sensor, which then follows you (or your card) around the library so you always have somewhere to sit. Once you cross a line near the checkout counter, the chair returns back to its docking station to re-juice and get ready for the next guy’s arse. The video after the jump illustrates how it works. [Momeld via Technabob via DVICE]
