>Not quite as dazzlingly futuristic as my prediction of last year,
>but pretty damned nifty.  And set to change the entire process of
>traditional bookselling in very much less than 15 years.  Yippee
> I think.   (Anyone got any more details on this development?)
As a couple of people have pointed out, this was the subject of an
article in WIRED a few months ago.
A smart-paper book was also the key element in Neil Stephansons
wonderfull Nanopunk novel of a couple of years ago "The Diamond
Age" subtitled "Or a young ladies illustrated primer."
Brian