http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/ Engadget Comments for Duo brings pen-based computing to almost any display http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
Greatest laugh all day.]]>Aug 25th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/

"Duo expresses your sensibility and detail with sound and light."

"With Duo you can easily experience a fun an easy digital world"

"In the digital nomad era, you can use the internet and high-tech digital devices to communicate with anyone in the global village."

"A single pen is going to change the digital world; the electronic pen: Duo."]]>Aug 25th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
Heck that Johnny Lee guy even made his own DIY version using Wiimote magics.]]>Aug 25th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
"Who will turn their imagination of the future into a reality?"

Find out next week on Whowantstobuyapen!]]>Aug 26th 2009 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/product looks kinda cool, but I feel like I just watched a Tim and Eric episode.]]>Aug 25th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
In fact, it's nearly brand new, and for sale if anyone's interested.]]>Aug 25th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/ Have you ever noticed how the tip of the stylii for handheld devices are made?

Alternatively you could borrow some of your mama rubber toys , I havenever heard of LCD monitors being damaged by those.]]>Aug 25th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/You could add a sheet of plexiglass, but that's not exactly ideal. It also shouldn't damage a display with a glass screen.
My problem with these add-on solutions is that they don't seem to have any pressure sensitivity. So for any kind of 2D graphics, these aren't very useful.]]>Aug 25th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Anyway, the concept is pretty good, and hell, well served by a brilliant commercial.
I loved the "Bill Gates, KING of the computers"]]>Aug 25th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
I should know. I just ended up drinking two beers.

Classic.]]>Aug 25th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
(FWIW, these types of products have been around FOREVER.)]]>Aug 25th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
Finder in Windows Vista. What has the world come to?!]]>Aug 25th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
Come on... HAHAHA!

A taskbar, a dock with a Windows logo and IE, and Finder on the desktop.]]>Aug 25th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 26th 2009 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
The bad part would be the constant reorienting after you get bumped.]]>Aug 25th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 25th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/Aug 27th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
From the wikipedia:
"The light pen became moderately popular during the early 1980s. It was notable for its use in the Fairlight CMI, and the BBC Micro. Even some consumer products were given light pens, in particular Thomson's TO7 and TO7/70 computers."

and

"Because the user was required to hold his or her arm in front of the screen for long periods of time, the light pen fell out of use as a general purpose input device."

Take note that it is the reason behind a touchscreen computer/notebook is kinda useless for most people.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1djiXyiCMPk]]>Aug 25th 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/duo-brings-pen-based-computing-to-standard-displays/
the main function of my pens is re-enacting the lightsaber fight between darth maul and obiwan..... :(]]>Aug 26th 2009 1:22AM