New: SMS Messages Sent From Paper
by Russell Shaw
The website Yanko Design describes a fascinating new product it is distributing.
This would be D: Scribe, a “digital fountain pen” that allows users to send SMS and email messages from paper.
Here’s how this works. You write out your message and circle your recipient’s name. The pen also records everything you write which can be accessed on a computer.
What’s going on underneath? We’re told it is a “quill” and “inkwell”-based architecure, whereas the quill is the writing apparatus and the inkwell is an electromagnetic induction charger.
When you send your message, the message status will be displayed on the built-in OLED screen.
Sounds practical, but Yanko also notes an element that I can only describe as “woo-woo:”
Should your home electronics and appliances be bluetooth enabled, you could potentially program the pen to input commands by writing in the air.
Reminds me of some newer-generation “Outer Limits” episode that aired about eight years ago.
