Check out the io Personal Digital Pen
launched by Logitech: It's a magic pen that can store everything you write and
transfer it to your computer. And you don't have to lug a hand held device along
with you for it to work. Logitech's technology works like this:
The pen writes normally, using normal ballpoint pen ink. But while you are
writing, a tiny camera inside the pen is also taking 100 snapshots per second of
what you are doing, mapping your writing via a patchwork of minute dots printed
on the paper. All this information-the movement of your pen on the paper,
basically—is then stored digitally inside the pen, whether you are writing notes
or drawing complex diagrams. You can store up to 40 pages worth of doodles in
the pen's memory. As far as you are concerned, you are just using a normal
pen. It is only when you drop the pen into its PC-connected
cradle that the fun begins. Special software on your PC will figure out what you
have done, and begin to download any documents you have written since the last
time it was there. Depending on whether you have ticked certain boxes on the
special notepad, it can also tell whether the document is destined to be an
e-mail, a "to do" task, or a diagram to be inserted into a word-processing
document. Once the documents are downloaded you can view them, print them out or
convert them to other formats. The io Personal Digital Pen is a
neat and simple solution to the problem of storing, sharing and retrieving
handwritten notes, as well as for handling diagrams, pictures and other non-text
doodling. You don't have to carry a laptop along with you. All you have to do is
just whip out the pen and the special paper and you are off. It
is a great product because it does not force you to work differently—walking
around with a screen strapped to your arm, or carrying with you extra bits and
pieces. The pen is light and works like a normal pen if you need it to, while
the special notepads look and feel like notepads. The only strange looks will be
from people who are curious why you are writing with a cigar.
The io Personal Digital Pen also has potential elsewhere. FedEx, for example, is
introducing a version of the pen so that customers can fill out forms by
hand—instead of punching letters into cumbersome devices. Once that data is
digital more or less anything can be done with it—transferring it wirelessly to
a central computer, for example, or via a hand-phone. Doctors could transmit
their prescriptions directly to pharmacies, reducing fraud; policemen could send
their reports back to the station, reducing paperwork. A．A
Friendly and Convenient Device B．Ways to Download the Stored
Information C．Examples of Other Potential Applications of the
Io Pen D．Customers' Passion for the Io Pen
E．FedEx the First User of the Io Pen F．Working Principle of the
Io Personal Digital Pen
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A．you don't have to carry your laptop along
B．the information will be shown digitally on the pen
C．FedEx has special software to store your information
D．it works like an ordinary pen
E．you simply place the pen into its computer connected cradle
F．the movement of your pen is recorded digitally inside the pen
There is no need to learn how to use the io Personal Digital Pen because ______.
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If you want to download what you have done with the magic pen, ______.
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The magic pen is particularly convenient when you work away from home or office because ______.