So of course I was cruising the good ole google reader, and ran into this – its a couple of MIT people that came up with this concept for pop-up books.  Turning the average pop-up book into as they called it an “electronic popable”.  I think its a great damn idea, as a fan of the pop-up book and having a young daughter that is now able to enjoy books.  I would totally get these if they were put into mass production.   Here is a little bit of information from there site:

Electronic Popables is an interactive pop-up book that sparkles, sings, and moves. The book integrates traditional pop-up mechanisms with thin, flexible, paper-based electronics and the result is a book that looks and functions much like an ordinary pop-up with the added element of dynamic interactivity. Electronic Popables was built by Jie Qi, with assistance from Leah Buechley and Tshen Chew.

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