MyPostie: email for old folks

Betting that old people are less afraid of a touchscreen kiosk than a regular PC, an Australian company is testing a new system called MyPostie that lets the elderly scan a handwritten letter and send it off as an email to their children or grandchildren (we heard this rumor that the young people are crazy for this email thing and that most children have never even seen an actual letter). Not bad, but until they figure out how to get this to work with instant messenger (which is where all the real action is these days), we're not impressed.