embedded paper :possible?

[morganj at indyunix.iupui.edu]

Hallmark probably already has the patent.

Jim Morgan
morganj at indyunix.iupui.edu


On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Thom Gillespie wrote:

> 
> I'd leave the cataloging for others. I'd go for the patent 8-)
> 
> --Thom
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Barbara Stewart wrote:
> 
> > I had a dream last night that I sent a snail-mail card to a friend. I 
> > spent a lot of time embedding a quasi-Java applet of a rollercoaster into 
> > the card, and also embedded a tiny recording of carnival sounds. I awoke 
> > and thought : would this be possible to do at some future date? Would 
> > there be a market for special "cards" or even "books" with a specific 
> > embedded movable graphic or video? I know that musical cards are more 
> > common, and a delight to receive. Why not, say, a remembrance of a happy 
> > event (wedding, birth announcement, etc.) ? I can imagine a lovely 
> > embedded wailing baby on a birth announcement card.
> > 
> > Possible?  And...how would we catalog such a thing? 300 field please?
> > 
> > Barbara Stewart
> > (quite aware that it's not Friday, but unable to alter her dream patterns 
> > to suit the list moderators ;-)    )
> > 
>