The Pen Reinvented
Yesterday I wrote on how ebooks are making inroads to reinventing the traditional paper-based book. In response one reader sent me a link to Livescribe Inc. The firm offers the Pulse Smart pen that electronically records everything you hear and write. It includes a camera, microphone, audio jack, speaker, LED display, ink cartridge and of course a USB connector all for $150-$250. What is neat is they have turned the pen into a platform for “pencasting”, linking to social networks and many other apps that a growing community of developers is busy creating.
They have sold 300,000 pens in less than 18 months!
I wonder how this will impact the cognition of writing, note taking and otherwise documenting observations?
