Some say our reliance on spell check has turned us into horrendous spellers and typing has worsened our handwriting, but the inventors of a new pen are hoping to mend those digital byproducts. Ironically, the pen itself has a small computer inside.
The brainchild of two German entrepreneurs, Lernstift is a regular pen with real ink, but inside is a special motion sensor and a small battery-powered Linux computer with a WiFi chip. Together those parts allow the pen to recognize specific movements, letter shapes and know a wide assortment of words. If it senses bad letter formation or messy handwriting, it will gently vibrate. The goal is also to make it smart enough that when you misspell a word it will vibrate as well.
"The pen will have two functions -- calligraphy and orthography mode," Daniel Kaesmacher, the 33-year-old co-founder of Lernstift, told ABC News. "When it comes to orthography mode -- the pen will be able to recognize words and compare the word it recognized to a language database. If the word isn't recognized it will vibrate."
Reference: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/lernstift-digital-pen-aims-clean-handwriting-spelling-errors/story?id=19648003#.UeKxAzuBmfY
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