More recently, Mr. Kiarostami has explored digital filmmaking, even comparing the use of a small digital camera to writing with a pen.

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Evidence was briefly presented at the hearing, including a pen with a camera in it and a watch, which the prosecution alleges were used in passing illicit information.

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The CS-38B is a genuine leather body jacket designed exclusively for the PEN that protects the camera body without detracting from its design.

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And Livescribe has tried since 2007 to popularize its technology, which uses a pen with a tiny, built-in camera and special paper to record and wirelessly transmit text as you write.

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Inside, you've got a fully functioning laptop and outside you've a touchscreen tablet that, yes, utilizes everyone's favorite proprietary stylus, the S-pen, and there's also a rear facing camera on the outside.

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Olympus PEN E-PM2: The ultra-compact, simple and stylish, smallest and lightest Olympus PEN is designed for people who want to try an interchangeable lens camera for the first time.

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Confirmed to ship sometime this holiday season, this variant of Samsung's phablet refresh sports a 5.5-inch 1, 280 x 720 HD Super AMOLED display, 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos processor, 8-megapixel rear camera capable of 1080p video capture, beefy 3, 100mAh battery and, of course, a refined S-Pen.

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