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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 note
by jonwinstanley 4y ago
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.
- oulipo 4y agoWould 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
- jonwinstanley 4y agoVery true, plus presumably it gets shipped over from China too.
- MrGilbert 4y agoI always wondered how hackable these devices are... Maybe it's time to have a look.
- jonwinstanley 4y agoYes I've no idea what's inside them. Presumably very few chips to last that long on battery.
- SonOfLilit 4y agoI have and love one. I think it's 100% analog, and all chemical apart for a small current to erase it.
- ChrisRR 4y agoI 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
- hyperbovine 4y agoSub-femtosecond display lag too! :-)