Anoto-based Pens From Logitech

flanksteak writes "Logitech has announced the IO Pen, a ball-point pen with a memory. You write stuff with the pen, then drop it in its USB cradle and your bad handwriting appears on your PC. The pen is to be released in November. How cool would this be with support for a wireless protocol?" We've run some previous stories about this - no telling how well it actually works until it's tested, though. And at $9.99/notebook, the paper is about three times as expensive as regular paper.

Comments

Remarkable!

[drhairston]

What's amazing about this device is not the ingenuity of the actual idea, but rather the minaturization required to fit a GPS receiver inside so small a vessel. A novel application for GPS, to be sure, and a victory for granularity in consumer GPS receivers. My personal Garmin, for instance, is only accurate to 30 feet or more, whereas this pen can apparently receive within inches.

Absolutely remarkable.

.NET Great

[kenp2002]

Hey guys I just read that the software for this pen requieres .NET! Isn't that cool? Now MS can compile a database of every living person's handwriting and hopefully when you sign you name someone won't exploit .NET to get a copy of your signature. I wonder how many forged checks could come out of this technology?

Let me think.. I'll pass on this technology, smells like Teen Spir.. umm I mean ... nevermind I need an Ice Pack, it's been a long day.