An ambitious attempt to create an open source device for reading. But why?

As a society, we need an open source device for reading. Books are among the most important documents of our culture, yet the most popular and widespread devices we have for reading — the Kobo, the Nook, the Kindle and even the iPad — are closed devices, operating as small moving parts in a set of giant closed platforms whose owners’ interests are not always aligned with readers’.

It’s still early days, but the project got a boost of support by winning Hackaday’s Take Flight with Feather contest in January.