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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 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?