Smartpen

SmartPen
Vanessa Berenguer University of Madeira [e-mail]
ABSTRACT

Valter Candelária University of Madeira [e-mail] over 100 applications available, making this SmartPen a great device to be used in the day-to-day living [2].
INVENTION OF THE SMARTPEN History and Creation

In our work, we describe a new writing device created by Livescribe: the Smartpen. This is an intelligent pen that is very much used now, especially in the academic community. It distinguishes itself from the ordinary pens due to its innovative and computational functionalities, because this type of pen allows the user to record his notes, audio files and also gives him moments of leisure with the many different applications. In this work, we also suggest some improvements that we consider important, according to our experiments, as well as some different features.
Keywords

SmartPen, Livescribe, Technology, Infrared, Augmented Reality.
INTRODUCTION

In this paper we talk about an increasingly common writing technology called Smartpen. Being one of the latest and useful gadgets on the market today, this practical tool’s only purpose is to make our life easier. It is small and compact, it is helpful in more than one way and it can be used by just about anyone. The Livescribe Echo Digital Smartpen is a very ingenious pen that not only can write but records too [6]. This pen not only writes like any other pen but it also hears and keeps the information we know that is important and do not want to forget. Recording is done by simply tapping the record button in the notebook to start and tapping again to stop. Through the standard cable it is possible to connect the pen to the computer, which passes all the recordings and also turns possible the search to find both verbal and written notes [1]. This useful tool is perfect for anyone who writes and needs to keep track of any type of information. The pen not only has a great looking, ergonomic design, it also has a