The place where something like that would be most useful would have to a pen-based computer of some kind, perhaps a tablet computer, or other walk-around device.
Livescribe's pen-shaped computer, meanwhile, is initially aimed at college students.
The FLY, for lack of a better description, is essentially a pen-based computer for kids that lets you write stuff down on paper and then interact with your drawings.
Apple itself launched a pen-based tablet computer, the Newton, in 1993, but it was a flop.
The chamber was packed, with the MEPs - including Robert Kilroy-Silk making a very rare appearance, sitting in the non-aligned section with Jean Marie le Pen et al - parked behind their computer screens in semi-circular rows.
This small USB peripheral, just slightly thicker than a pen, attaches to the base of any computer display, allowing it to bring eye-tracking technology to any Windows 8 machine.
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Rossman, a former Apple Computer executive who also headed the failed pen-based company Eo, owns 3.5 million Phone.com shares.
Lewis, a longtime player of videogames and Dungeons and Dragons, the forerunner paper-and-pen role-playing game, graduated with a degree in computer systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1993.
Launched in 2003 with the ClassPad 300, the ClassPad series features a Computer Algebra System (CAS) developed by Casio and pen touch operations using a stylus.
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One potential device for computer users is a USB-compatible drive often called a pen.
MotionTools and the Air Mouse app enable a presenter to turn their computer's cursor into a highlighter, laser pointer or pen.
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Whether you order in Roos' shop or at his own Web site, he can tap into an inventory of 35, 000 United Stationers products from more than 500 manufacturers--from a single Bic pen to a 325-pound fireproof safe, and all kinds of computer ware in between.
When you find out that your Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen or that a bug in Java lets malicious websites take over your computer, the fix is in your hands: You send in your lock for a replacement or disable Java in your browser.
Unlike plug-in pen tablet displays, the Modbook Pro is acomplete all-in-one computer that can easily be slipped in and out of abackpack and used anywhere (up to seven hours on a single charge)without cables, display adapters or breakout boxes.
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As simple as putting pen to paper, the IRISNotes 2 captures notes and drawings anytime, anywhere without a computer.
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Advocates have traditionally countered that pen interfaces can be operated using one hand, freeing the other one to cradle the computer or hold the handheld.
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