Wireless Pen

One might think that a wireless digital pen would have to be just about the most revolutionary thing to come along since wiggle was put in gelatin. After all, no more paper, not more filled wastebaskets and best of all, more trees will be left standing. Of course, the poor paper salesmen might soon be out of work, but that's progress, right? But then again, one of the makers for a computer digital pen says that its writing device draws on any paper just like a normal writing device does, and so this writer is left scratching my head. This invention is supposed to cut down on paper but the phrase "draws on any paper like a normal pen" makes me wonder why the writing device is really needed then.

The typical computer digital pen has just come to the public's eye in the last few years and is still working the kinks out of the design. Each writing device has software that must be installed and then the flash drive picks up the signal from the pen and converts it to images on the computer screen that in most cases looks like your exact handwriting, or in many cases printing. The flash drive saves the data and when used in combination with hand-writing recognition software the transformation is complete. But don't forget about drawings also, which might very well pique the interest of graphics designers or artists. Ten feet appears to be about the maximum length allowable between pen and flash drive. The typical flash drive may hold up to 1GB of storage, which is enough data storage to write a new "War and Peace."

Some models of the computer digital pen must have the USB dongle very near the pen, and it's sometimes possible that the computer, the dongle and the writing device might not be distance compatible. Pen resolution may be better or worse than 300dpi to 900dpi. And after thinking about this a little more, the idea of writing on paper to replace paper is okay because lined paper can keep the handwriting from going down or uphill in the computer screen. Some models of the computer digital pen idea incorporate a microphone along with the ability to store digitally one's handwriting. But one of the newer models of a wireless digital pen that is actually a microcomputer and has to use special microdot paper to perform its functions, but those functions are amazing to say the least. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are they works; and that my soul knoweth right well." (Psalm 139:14)

Imagine the possibilities of this little wireless digital writing device marvel. It is a device that records, for example, a lecture while the student takes notes. After the lecture is over and the student is reviewing the notes, there can often be, shall we say, a disconnect between what was said by the professor and what was comprehended and written down by the student. Not any more with this two hundred dollar computer in the shape and size and weight of a fountain pen. As the student goes back to his dorm and sits down to figure out exactly what it was that he wrote down on the microdot paper notebook, he places the computer digital pen on a specific portion of the notes that are fuzzy to him. Bam! There in his ears are the exact words of the professor as he is speaking about that portion of the lecture where the student's notes are quite lean. No more listening to the whole thing, or having to slog through some awful story the professor is telling about what college was like back in the day.

An enterprising young college student began taking advantage of this particular wireless digital pen. The student noticed that many her fellow colleagues in a world civilization class were sleeping through day after day of lectures. She began taking copious notes of every day's presentation and stored the notes on her computer. Then in her genius, she began selling each day's notes online for student purchase. So far, this is probably pretty standard fare for the college scene. But then she offered students another service consisting of ten minutes with her to go over specific places in the lecture that they didn't really understand. She could direct her computer digital writing device to any place on her own notebook to retrieve that portion of the lecture that needed enlightenment.

Three dollars for the notes and five dollars for the personal enlightment from the wireless digital pen. The girl was cleaning up! And of course she added notes from other classes and made more money and got the daily advantage of going over each lecture several times. It was a real cash and educational cow. Until the fun ended on the day the girl's roommate got her own model of this special writing device and went into competition at cut-rate prices. Even for this more sophisticated device, the cost is under two hundred dollars making it a very affordable asset for the person needing such technology.

If a person is considering a wireless digital writing device, he or she should ask if there really is a need. Despite the young entrepreneur's success, just being able to put handwritten notes on a computer screen may not be a great need. Perhaps as these devices are perfected and nurses and doctors can use them for patients' charts and medical records, then the concept will become very appealing. So think before you buy. But if a person already owns a 14K gold fishing pole, why not get a computer digital writing device that no one else has?

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