The Gadget of the month: digital pens
least curious gadget I bring this time. This is apparently conventional pens (ink and all) able to digitize everything that is written on paper. To do come equipped with a small accessory that snaps into the top of the sheet or pad that captures and stores the movements of the pen.
seems that the technology involved is based on motion sensors via infrared pen from the receiver. Usually has storage capacity up to 100 written pages.
A simple search on the net I returned the following models, all quite like the truth: Zpen Dane-Elec, the Digital Graphic Pen of Odysseus, the Mobile Note Taker Fujitsu-Siemens ( this analysis) and Digital Scribe IOGEAR GPen100C . I'm sure more will follow.
You can see a model in action in this video .
The paper type does not matter, and can be used either connected to the computer as independently. The duration of batteries is not a point of giving much information, but seems likely to be between 3 and 5 hours. And I even read a forum that is not hard not to get ink refills, since they use standard cartridges. Fujitsu
model also announces recognition of handwritten characters. Walk do not know how advanced the technology of recognition, but I suppose that, as always, best results will be achieved slowly and with good lyrics ...
suppose you happen to many people, like me, which may be useful to take notes on exploration, to sketch or fill unit cards. You can also used for casting literature in libraries and / or files. So, the question is: How much bark?
Well not bad, and I guess that's why they have some success: are available from 80 euros.
In short, a creature more to our arsenal of technology.
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