[Bridging_the_digital_divide] New Press Release from TouchSmart

[Jason Barkeloo]

Smartpaper Networks licenses Touchsmart Publishing to distribute 
next-generation textbooks using a unique “Touch User Interface”

Los Gatos, CA and Cincinnati, OH -- (PRWEB) ñ July 9, 2004 - 
Smartpaperô Networks Corporation and Touchsmart Publishing LLC have 
completed an agreement that gives Touchsmart the exclusive right to 
distribute mathematics, science, and special education products based 
on Smartpaper intellectual property.

Smartpaper Networks has developed a breakthrough digital media delivery 
platform that finally unites print and digital media. Smartpaper is the 
only technology that transforms ordinary paper into a wireless control 
device, bringing printed pages to life by activating the power of 
video, audio, and the Internet with the touch of a finger. Smartpaper 
technology enables a multimedia learning process across multiple media 
delivery devices by linking text and graphics with audio and video, via 
personal computers, televisions with DVDs, game consoles, and other 
access points to the Internet. Smartpaper technology facilitates the 
delivery of educational content in multiple modes, effective for 
students with diverse learning styles and special needs not addressed 
by traditional learning methodologies and materials.

Touchsmart Publishing intends to create and distribute exciting and 
easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by 
touching pages of paper. Through the ìtouch user interface (TUI),î they 
provide a bridge across the digital divide for more students. 
Touchsmart founder and CEO, Jason Barkeloo, notes, ìThe TUI technology 
has the promise of reducing the cost of textbooks while increasing the 
amount of content and including multiple student learning styles and 
special needs. This technology enables a de-centralized publishing 
model that will greatly benefit school districts as it allows them to 
publish their own books.î

Alan Chaplin, CEO of Smartpaper Networks, commented, ìTouchsmart 
Publishing has a unique vision for bringing enhanced learning tools to 
the educational market. We are pleased that they will be among the 
first adopters of our patented protected technology and excited by the 
reception they have received both from educators and from educational 
content providers.î

About Smartpaper Networks Corporation:

Smartpaper Networks Corporation has created a new electronic media 
platform that utilizes patented Smartpaperô technology to make ordinary 
paper books and other printed publications come to life with the touch 
of a finger. Smartpaperís SmartCaseô, the entry product for the 
company, will provide a place to bind conventional printed publications 
to enable the pages to become touch-sensitive. When the page is 
touched, the coordinates of the touch are wirelessly transmitted (via 
infrared) to a host device such as a DVD player, or video game platform 
that enables a PC monitor or TV to display the hyperlinked electronic 
media.

For more information about Smartpaper Networks, please visit us at 
www.smartpaper.net.

About TouchSmart Publishing, LLC:

TouchSmart Publishing is developmental-stage company with the exclusive 
license to develop and distribute touch-sensitive books to the K-12 
math, science, and special education needs students. The Company's 
mission is to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use 
interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by touching pages 
in a book. TouchSmart Publishing provides a bridge over the digital 
divide for more students, regardless of learning style, special needs 
or socioeconomic position, than are current connected. For more 
information, please visit the TouchSmart Publishing web site at 
http://www.touchsmart.net.

 http://www.touchsmart.net/about/pressroom/Smartpaper.htm
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Jason Barkeloo
President
TouchSmart Publishing
http://www.touchsmart.net
tele 513.225.8765


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