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Reading Machine
A projector which showed text on a screen or the ceiling for easy reading. (Read the full article)
| "I'm a grad student in English studying for my exams, and this would literally save my neck." (Aaron Cohn 2/15/2005 10:23:48 AM ) |
| "There are currently clocks that project the time onto any surface, a friend of mine has one pointed at the ceiling. I don't think it would be hard to modify that concept into readable text. " (Lisa 5/30/2007 12:16:37 PM ) |
| "Kindles or iPads are a good compromise. Projecting text on the ceiling would light the room, possibly annoying your partner." (Ray C 2/15/2012 6:32:17 AM ) |
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