Reading is an emotional experience. Books can make you laugh, cry or feel scared - but can technology make them even more immersive? MIT's Media Lab has created a book that lets you really feel and experience first-hand the emotions and environments described in the text.

Product design has always considered touch – the ergonomics of a hand grip, texture of a surface, or the weight of material against skin. With the rise of digital, people are looking for more intuitive ways to interact. How is haptic tech changing the way we experience touch?

As old traditions are re-examined in the wake of digitisation, the mass uptake of mobile devices has led to an unlikely resurgence in serialised fiction. Enter Wattpad, the online community that encourages authors and readers to communicate as their stories unfold.

In an average day over 92,000 articles are posted online - the sheer volume of content is just unmanageable and impossible to consume. Combating this, UK-based PaperLater lets you save articles from the web, and in three days a customised printed paper is delivered to your door.

Following the success of The Hunger Games, a frenzy has emerged around the next big thing in young adult fiction - and it's increasingly dystopian. How might brands tap into the underlying desires for a new kind of hero?

As transmedia content becomes increasingly popular, Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice has found a new audience through The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a real-time drama that unfolds across multiple platforms.

With personalised subscription-based services like Netflix and Spotify changing the way people consume film and music, is e-reader iPhone app Oyster planning on doing the same for books?

From Gary Turk's 'Look Up' video to restaurants that offer discounts to patrons that turn off their phones, there's growing concern that we're losing too much time in the real world to technology. But what if the solution was right where the problem started – in an app?