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Digital Pen Vibrates To Indicate Bad Spelling, Grammar and Penmanship

Posted by samzenpus on from the try-again dept.

Zothecula writes "Use digital technology long enough and you start to become dependent upon it for such mundane tasks as spell checking. That means when you pick up a garden variety ballpoint pen you're back in dictionary and 'I before E except after C' territory. The creators of the Lernstiftdigital pen hope to bring handwriting into the 21st century by having the pen vibrate to indicate when the writer makes spelling and grammatical errors or exhibits poor penmanship."

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  1. Wrong feedback by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, are they trying to discourage bad spelling and grammar, or encourage it?

    1. Re:Wrong feedback by mjjochen · · Score: 5, Funny

      Depends on where/how you hold the pen. I tend to hold it with my critch, cratch, er cruth, crotch! Anyone gotta cigarette?

    2. Re:Wrong feedback by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Wait, are they trying to discourage bad spelling and grammar, or encourage it?

      Neither, they're trying to sell you a pen.

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      And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
    3. Re:Wrong feedback by stephanruby · · Score: 4, Informative

      As usual, the summary is click-baiting us a little bit.

      The pen is only supposed to vibrate if a little kid/toddler presses too hard with it. In that context, that kind of instant feedback could make sense. One could put a blinking light on it when it's pressed too hard, but that little light would hardly stop a little kid from continuing to press too hard.

    4. Re:Wrong feedback by davester666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Wouldn't making the pen vibrate make your penmanship even worse?

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      Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
  2. Awful Idea by archshark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, lets say this somehow actually works... you spell something wrong, while writing with a PEN... now what?

  3. Sensor accuracy by Areyoukiddingme · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since when were affordable motion sensors anywhere near accurate enough to track the movements of the end of a pen well enough to determine what was written? And if they are, why the hell are you using them for such a dumb idea? If the sensors really are that accurate, that means they're accurate enough to do complete finger tracking in three dimensions. Can you say VR interface glove? That's exactly what we need to go with an Oculus Rift. Sensors as accurate as these would have to be to do what they're claiming built into gloves, together with a Rift, would enable the world's best 3D modeling interface. Sculpt your model with your hands. This idea has been around since VR was first conceived. Are we finally getting there?