This AI Bookmark Might Actually Help You Finish Reading Books

The problem: You don’t read physical books through to completion. The solution? According to the two developers behind it, it is a bookmark that helps you pick up where you left off. The AI-powered Mark does not yet exist but is suddenly available for pre-order with one objective: to help you remember what you just read. Mark is a bookmark you place into a book when you are finished reading to mark your spot. Once you close the book, the gadget does the hefty lifting. It sends a summary of the pages you just read to your smartphone and then concocts a generalized summary based on information already associated with that title. The idea is that when you come back to it later, your brain will catch up with the breadcrumbs left behind. For $130, Mark hopes to address those who feel like their attention is constantly “fragmented” and the books they’re reading remain “underutilized.” Specifically, this product is for “Americans who prefer physical books to e-readers and tablets,” or at le ... Read full article.