Aug 31 2007Magical Pen Turns Analog to Digital
The Fly Fusion pen ($80) may look like just another vibrator, but this one is special. When used in conjunction with the $8 Fly Fusion Notebooks, it can magically convert your analog notes and doodles to digital format! The technology behind this breakthrough is called very tiny dots. These dots, almost imperceptible to the human eye, are all too clear to the pen, which uses them to figure out what the hell your chicken scratch is. The pen can also play MP3's and games and there is a slew of software available to teach you different subjects like algebra and French. While this product comes highly recommended, who the hell takes notes anymore? I never took notes in college, I just took digital pictures of the chalkboard whenever the teacher wrote something. And a bunch of the big breasted co-ed next to me, because, well, I'm a booby fan.
Product Site [thanks to Cygnus the Magnificent for the tip]
Reader Comments
1. clark - August 31, 2007 9:48 AM
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2. Ted - August 31, 2007 10:00 AM
T is for 'ttttttwat who posts 'firsssssssssst'/
3. Ted - August 31, 2007 10:00 AM
Oh and T is for Ted! Yay!
4. Si - August 31, 2007 10:10 AM
I actually tested these for a year in at a Hospital i used to work for, they're really bulky and a pain to actually write with. Having a copy of Doctors notes electronically was really usefull for attaching to EHSCR's but the handwriting recognition wasn't up to much.
Si
5. Nick - August 31, 2007 10:10 AM
be nice fucker
6. uruwai - August 31, 2007 10:34 AM
And by the way, does it have a patternrecognition device, so it can "learn" the handwriting of someone and duplicate afterwards???
I´ll be signing a lot of checks... none of them with my signature...
I´m a true genious!
7. Drew - August 31, 2007 11:31 AM
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/digital_pen/devices/408&cl=ca,en
This is the latest model, but this type of things has existed for years. At least 6 years, if I'm not mistaken, available at retail from Logitech. Hardly breaking news.
8. Brennan - September 1, 2007 2:15 AM
Yeah.. my mother had the Logitech one a few years ago. The paper was a lot more expensive than it is now (I think, and it's still up there, considering it's paper) and she lost it after 6 months. I believe she was happy with it, though.
9. Brennan - September 7, 2007 1:38 AM
Also, i am boring and will tell you about my socks.
10. sdrio - September 10, 2007 1:34 PM
They're not very good.
I got a Logitech one as a gift about 3 years ago.
It was the size of Lindsay Lohans dildo, it came with one pad, with no replacements for sale anywhere - when I did find some others, there was no way to get the pen to work with the paper, so it wouldn't index anything, and the recognition software would read about 40% of what I wrote.
Then the ink ran out, and nobody sold any replacements. Then it stopped working altogether.
Oh, and Logitechs forums were full of people complaining about them and all the things I am complaining about, all of which was totally ignored by the logitech staff. They only answer posts that say how great logitech stuff is.
Other than that, it was the best fuckin' present I ever got.