The World Gives a Sneak Peek at a Part of Cooper-Hewitt's New Exhibit

An interesting bit we heard today on NPR/PRI‘s terrific show, The World, a story about he Kinkajou Microfilm Projector (audio link), which seeks to bring books to developing countries by way of projected images, thereby overcoming the two hurdles faced in battling literacy: 1) printing can be prohibitively expensive and it’s difficult to make sure shipments of literature reach their intended destinations and 2) even having light in which to read by can be nearly impossible in certain areas.