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A friend of mine uses a kid's writing tablet for taking notes. Search for "writing tablet for kids" to see the kind of thing I mean.

It's great for taking notes without wasting paper, then for ones he wants to digitize, he takes a photo with his iPhone and lets iOS do the magic with OCR.

For £10 it's actually not a bad alternative and quite nice to have on the desk, plus the battery lasts for months.



Would be interesting to have someone do the actual computation of the CO2 / energy waste / etc of building this writing tablet and compare it with the number of paper sheets and pen that you have to use to offset it, just to know


Very true, plus presumably it gets shipped over from China too.


I have one stuck to the fridge for making shopping lists. Apps are cool and all, but sometimes it's just easier to jot things down


I always wondered how hackable these devices are... Maybe it's time to have a look.


Yes I've no idea what's inside them. Presumably very few chips to last that long on battery.


I have and love one.

I think it's 100% analog, and all chemical apart for a small current to erase it.


Sub-femtosecond display lag too! :-)




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