This Robotic Reading Suit Is The Best Worst Idea

Regular ol' reading is so passé. E-readers? Not good enough. Try harder, science. Here's a good example: suit up and wire yourself into a book with this sensory fiction device. The Girl Who Was Plugged In MIT Media Lab Brought to you by the relentlessly experimental folks at the MIT Media Lab, the gadget is a combination sensor-suit and connected book. As the suit wearer flips the pages of the book, the device makes the reader physically experience what's happening to the protagonist. (Instead ...