Dane Elec announced the future availability of a pencil allowing recording your text as you write it.
The system is based on 2 components: a pencil and a small USB key (on the top) which feature microphone and electronics able to localize pencil's positions and movements. Vector-based information are then recorded on the 1GB NAND memory included, you will then simply transfer the written text to a computer thanks to a dedicated application (Mac OS X version available).
The ZPen should be available for Q1 2008 and its price is announced around 129 Euros.
[translation by Linathael]
