A real page-turner

When you pick up New Scientist you probably flick through the pages
looking for an article that catches your eye. It’s easy with paper, but
impossible with electronic publications. Now researchers at Hewlett-Packard’s
British laboratories in Bristol have found a way for computers to flick through
electronic pages. Pages are held as separate files, grouped in pairs like the
two-page spreads of a magazine. Stroking a finger left or right over the touch
pad of a laptop flips through the spreads. When something catches your eye, you
just press the pad to zoom in on the selected page.