folding screen

This folding gadget skips the apps and names the bird instead

Coming across an unfamiliar bird is often the beginning of a phone search, with a few unrelated notifications along for the ride. The log handheld skips all that. It folds shut like a pocket-sized slab, then opens into a dedicated wildlife field guide, no apps, no distractions, just the bird and the screen that knows what it is. This is a concept, and Spoot says that plainly: it's not shipping tomorrow. But the idea is the thing worth staring at. A device that does one job, does it beautifully, and refuses to be a general-purpose computer. It's the kind of narrow focus that makes you wonder what else could use the same treatment.