If you thought journalism was in peril because economic slump compounded long-term structural change, you’re wrong – it’s because folk can’t hold newspapers without dropping them.
At least, that’s what Colwyn Bay inventor Gareth Jones seems to think. So he invented Binski, a “hands-free newspaper reader” with a difference. Behold…
Yes, with this “latest hands-free information delivery system”, news no longer slips through your palms, as it does out of ITV Wales reporter Ian Lang’s – the Binski “transforms it in to another product“.
An engineering firm is selling the gadget for £84 (tabloid) or £114 (broadsheet).
“I’ve built one on wheels so that it could be taken up to someone who is confined to a chair,” Jones tells BBC News.
“We need to kick-start this century with new ideas … everybody’s already got a bed.”
So nevermind mobility – media’s latest big idea, it seems, is a curved stainless steel rod.
There is an alternative to the Binski which has been around for a couple of years.
It’s called an EzeeReadr. They cost very little to produce and can carry corporate advertising which can cover the production costs, therefore can be given away free.
Have a look at http://www.reesrowley.co.uk
Whilst I wish Gareth Jones every success I too am a great fan of the EzeeReader (as mentioned by Robert Andrews) which was GIVEN to me some time ago and which I use daily when I read my newspaper and which is a handsfree way to read the papers and is useful for many other tasks as well.