SMK's Wireless Input Pen lets you scribble like a 5 year old

SMK Corp just introduced a supposed world's first "Wireless Input Pen." Catchy. The prototype pen features a 3-axis accelerometer and Bluetooth allowing you to write to, and interact with a display at a distance of up to 10-meters. It works without any of that specially formatted paper required by most Bluetooth pens -- just a bit of flittering the device about in mid-air. That is, until your arm gets tired and you question the whole point.

[Josh @ Jun 9th 2008 7:45AM]

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[SiLo @ Jun 9th 2008 8:12AM]

So.... its a Wiimote with proprietary software...

I bet this thing will cost like 100$+ easy when you could just go out and buy a Wiimote for $40$ and play around with GlovePIE and pretty achieve the same effect, if not better.

hhttp://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie

[Cody @ Jun 9th 2008 8:57AM]

My thoughts exactly, SiLo. This isn't exactly the "first" wireless input pen, maybe the first one that can only be used a pen.

[TareX @ Jun 9th 2008 8:17AM]

10-meters? That would be impressive for a presentation :)

[E71 @ Jun 9th 2008 8:35AM]

Would be cool if I could use it as a mouse with my HTPC.

[Oinquer @ Jun 12th 2008 5:41AM]

get a wiimote and you can use it as mouse...
i use mine to see movies or anime or some other stuff in my Media Center

[wickedpheonix @ Jun 9th 2008 8:27AM]

Oy m8 just get a tablet, eh?

[Jaque-o @ Jun 9th 2008 9:05AM]

Woot, with this i can digitize my bad handwriting !!



Maybe not such a great idea..

[Deus Ex Machina @ Jun 9th 2008 9:16AM]

Very Harry Potter

[DJ @ Jun 9th 2008 9:45AM]

If it's accurate, and can click when tapped on a surface (I mean a button on the end sort of thing) then I like it. It would suit many hobbyists that don't want to fiddle around with touchscreens and stylus. I have seen many businesses with their computer screens mounted under a clear glass desk or clear plate in a desk, this could add the functionality of a digital signature and such by simply signing on that glass plate (or quick notes etc..). Depending on price and availability I could see myself buying one because it looks like it could come in handy in a lot of scenarios I wouldn't normally bother with because touchscreens and such are too much of a hassle to set up or install quickly.

[Coral @ Jun 9th 2008 10:51AM]

Does this only work if you write vertically (as on a wall)? Or can it also work for horizontal surfaces (as on a table)? Because if it's the latter, then it can handily double as a graphics tablet. I'd want it. ^^

[Spi Waterwing @ Jun 9th 2008 12:01PM]

Tony Stark had one of these in the Iron Man movie that also gave a distance component, so he could use it in his holographic display.

I'll wait for one of *those*, thanks.

[Ethan @ Jun 9th 2008 1:10PM]

Try putting the pen on a surface. It'll do wonders for your accuracy.

[whiskey @ Jun 10th 2008 9:35PM]

Wiimote friendly?