InPlay Technologies, developer of human interface devices for computing and communication products, introduced its latest endeavor - WriteSense digital pen technology - in a press release earlier today. The patent-pending technology couples active RF pen input with capacitive touch systems (an iPhone’s screen, for example) thereby: eliminat[ing] the need for a separate electromagnetic digiti...

Folks with capacitive touchscreen devices like the G1 and the iPhone who miss the glorious days of the stylus should be happy to hear this news. InPlay Technologies has announced that they've developed tech for a new RF pen called WriteSense which eliminates the necessity for a separate digitzer -- it communicates directly with the capacitive touch sensors. Essentially, this will mean smaller...

Remember Adapx and Capturx and the OneNote plug-in? While some decried the use of paper and expensive notebooks, it actually works very well in its integration with OneNote. Now Adapx has come up with a plug-in that works with Microsoft Excel that allows you to create and print your own forms for use in the field. With Capturx Forms for Excel information written on those forms with the digital pen...

Peter Svensson recently reviewed the LiveScribe Pulse and calls it the "Holy Grail" for journalists in that it records audio, at the same time recording handwritten notes taken on paper. The only drawback to the Pulse - you have to take notes on special paper. However, there is good news coming for would-be Pulse users: later this summer, LiveScribe will make it possible for users to print their o

I have to ask. Is there really a market for digital pens for BlackBerry? Do you use one yourself or know somebody who does? I tried one of these digital pens once and it reminded me of an old Apple Newton. After we mentioned PaperIQ at the end of last year I thought it would maybe

This has tremendous potential for those of us who like to read e-books / newspapers and mark them up using a digital pen: From EarthTimes.org Wacom and E Ink Corporation announced today a partnership that will integrate Wacom's Penabled(R) digital pen input solution with E Ink's Vizplex(TM) electronic paper displays. With pen input high on the list of many eBook, Tablet PC, eNewspaper, PDA, eNotep

Here is some work that Microsoft Research's Ken Hinckley collaborated on with the University of Maryland . They explored the interaction between paper and digital pens, and demo a prototype solution called PapierCraft. Read more about PapierCraft here. >   Technorati Tags: Digital Pens,Tablet PC,Microsoft Research,Ken Hinckley Originally Posted On GottaBeMobile.com - THE Source for Mobile PC News.

We’ve written about, but not had the chance to review, LiveScibe’s new Pulse Smartpen. Maybe we’ll get our hands on one of these at some point in the future. But in the meantime, David Pogue of The New York Times did get his hands on one and gives it a once over. In case you don’t remember the LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen contains not only a digital pen, but also a camera, a m

MIT has come up with a digital Post-It Note called “Quickies.” Yep, you use a digital pen and a special Post-It Note pad that is embedded with an RFID chip. The info you scribble is then OCR’d into your computer. There are other features that allow you to SMS quickie messages to a recipient, and of course you can still stick the note anywhere you want to after you’re done.

The Mobile Digital Scribe, unlike previous attempts at digital pens, is the same size as a normal pen, uses standard ink refills, can record writing on any size paper, and lets you write notes without being attached to a PC. VIRTUALIZE YOUR DESKTOPS TODAY - VMWARE WORKSTATION Advertisement BUY VMWARE WORKSTATION NOW AND SAVE! Expand the power of PCs, Overcome Migration issues & much more!