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Pininfarina Cambiano, the everlasting writing instrument [pdf]

8 points by privong 12y ago

k2enemy 12y ago
For a company that prides themselves on style and design, that is one ugly press release.
- Nerdfest 12y ago
  It's an absolutely gorgeous pen though (in my opinion).
japaget 12y ago
Product page here: http://store.pininfarina.com/strumenti-di-scrittura/4ever-pininfarina-cambiao.html?___store=eng http://store.pininfarina.com/strumenti-di-scrittura/4ever-pi... It costs 89 Euros and is sold out until October 15.
javert 12y ago
I don't understand how this works. Can someone clue me in?
- slapshot 12y ago
  The tip is a metal alloy that is slowly left on the page. It's not actually "infinite" -- it's more like "you'll probably lose this before you wear down the solid metal tip." I wouldn't trust it as my only writing instrument on a mission to Mars. There are other brands on Amazon already; this is a refinement of the idea (purportedly less toxic chemicals involved) and not a completely new concept. Review of this model: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/innovation/inkless-pen-lets-you-write-forever-180949737/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/innovation/inkless-...
seltzered 12y ago
I looked into this a bit, and if I'm guessing correctly, the alloy isn't different than the alloy 'ethergraf' tips that have been in the market since 2010, and saw them as cheap as ~25 bucks. These are the sites I bookmarked when looking into it: http://www.axelweinbrecht.de/en/Produkte/Schreiben_mit_Metall.html http://www.axelweinbrecht.de/en/Produkte/Schreiben_mit_Metal... http://www.napkin4ever.com/it/ http://www.napkin4ever.com/it/ http://www.vat19.com/item/the-inkless-metal-pen http://www.vat19.com/item/the-inkless-metal-pen Basically it's not 'everlasting', but lasts for maybe a few years, and you may have to sand the tip down occasionally to make it a finer point again. Note that it does use a bit of lead, and so isn't recommended for use by children. I don't plan on buying any one myself, since it just doesn't seem like the writing give fine-enough of a point for my needs (search on youtube, there's a review or two of these things.)

8 points by privong 12y ago

k2enemy 12y ago

For a company that prides themselves on style and design, that is one ugly press release.

Nerdfest 12y ago
It's an absolutely gorgeous pen though (in my opinion).

japaget 12y ago

Product page here: http://store.pininfarina.com/strumenti-di-scrittura/4ever-pininfarina-cambiao.html?___store=eng http://store.pininfarina.com/strumenti-di-scrittura/4ever-pi... It costs 89 Euros and is sold out until October 15.

javert 12y ago

I don't understand how this works. Can someone clue me in?

slapshot 12y ago
The tip is a metal alloy that is slowly left on the page. It's not actually "infinite" -- it's more like "you'll probably lose this before you wear down the solid metal tip." I wouldn't trust it as my only writing instrument on a mission to Mars. There are other brands on Amazon already; this is a refinement of the idea (purportedly less toxic chemicals involved) and not a completely new concept. Review of this model: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/innovation/inkless-pen-lets-you-write-forever-180949737/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/innovation/inkless-...

seltzered 12y ago

I looked into this a bit, and if I'm guessing correctly, the alloy isn't different than the alloy 'ethergraf' tips that have been in the market since 2010, and saw them as cheap as ~25 bucks. These are the sites I bookmarked when looking into it: http://www.axelweinbrecht.de/en/Produkte/Schreiben_mit_Metall.html http://www.axelweinbrecht.de/en/Produkte/Schreiben_mit_Metal... http://www.napkin4ever.com/it/ http://www.napkin4ever.com/it/ http://www.vat19.com/item/the-inkless-metal-pen http://www.vat19.com/item/the-inkless-metal-pen Basically it's not 'everlasting', but lasts for maybe a few years, and you may have to sand the tip down occasionally to make it a finer point again. Note that it does use a bit of lead, and so isn't recommended for use by children. I don't plan on buying any one myself, since it just doesn't seem like the writing give fine-enough of a point for my needs (search on youtube, there's a review or two of these things.)