I agree and wish this happens, so we will be able to save trees. However, I believe the need for the tactile will never, ever be replaced. In the late 90s, companies such as ScenTeck and Digiscents Inc set out to change the interactive experience with scent-enabled content, as the olfactory senses hold the power to recreate compelling emotions such as love and fear. The beauty of technology is that it is coming to us, rather than we having to go to it. It is not so much replacing physical needs as it is bringing us closer to them. GPS satellite technology connects us with physical places, and web-enabled personal devices help us get closer to our relationships or even order that fresh fruit. Taking this further... If only we could have a chip embedded in our wrists which enables us to access data upon a wish, I would be the first to volunteer for that experiment. Thanks for propelling this Monday-morning thinking.

I don't care what experience-enhancing technology they're working on now, watching a ballgame on TV can never compare to a trip to the ballpark. There's nothing like surrounding yourself with the energy of thousands of fans while eating an artery-clogging hotdog and drinking an expensive cheap beer.

I don’t want to live a world where I can’t sit on the beach with the waves lapping at my toes, while I shake out the sand from between the pages of a great book.

You've certainly caused a stir.

I'm withthe waves and the books myself -- here is another one -- we have a digital fram at home sitting with all of our other framed pictures. Its really cool -- over 100 photos change and disolve one into the other -- really cool... however -- pick up the frame the plug comes out of teh wall -- hold it the wrong way and teh perspective changes -- hold it another way and the whole thing freezes.... I love it -- I do -- its cool -- really -- but id trade it -- if I had to for the old-fashioned framed picture of my grandson that I can hold and examine and pass around to people who probably dont really want to look at it -- but do it without it chnaging to the picture of myself in the clown costume...