16 Apr 2009, 2242 hrs IST, Shivani Vig, TNN
KANPUR: School going children with slouching backs, bent shoulders, drooping necks and regular backaches is a common sight. Going by the physiotherapy experts, the heavy school bags, which they carry for most part of the day are to be blamed for it.
When 13-year-old Mayank Pathak (name changed) constantly complained of chronic backache, his mother suspected a serious problem. A physiotherapist diagnosed the cause of the pain to the heavy weights of backpacks.
Thus, a dilemma: a) a child should carry a lot of books to accommodate the expanding school curriculum; b) a child should carry no books to avoid damage to his/her spine.
Enter Amazon:
when Amazon takes the wraps off its new device on Wednesday, it may focus on an entirely different market: education. In the weeks leading up to the introduction of the Kindle 2 (unboxing, review) this past February, rumors were abound of an upcoming education model that would feature a larger screen and be marketed to students as an alternative to textbooks.
Making text available on other portable screens would be an even better solution. But we'll have to wait until the initial transition from paper to digital is complete.
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