The New Way to Write

Echo Smart Pen has released a  device they're calling the Livescribe Smart Pen. Any notes you take on a piece of their Dot paper are automatically saved to your computer where they can be sent via email like any other document. The pen has the unique advantage of being able to write symbols and pictures that you can't do with a normal computer, and you can organize it the way you want without running into formatting troubles on a Word document.

That's not all this pen can do, it has a built in recording device which stores up to 200 hours of audio. If you can't write fast enough, the lecture can be recorded and replayed later. The device accepts 3.5mm audio (Same as your headphones) So you can playback your recordings. The recordings themselves can also be stored on your computer.

Echo's easy-to-use software helps you organize your notes into notebooks and uses handwriting recognition technology to provide you with a search bar for your notebooks. The software also has features allowing you to share your notes with other people easily. The software is free and the units start at around $150 with the most expensive being $200. There are also cheaper alternatives ranging from $100-$120 with fewer features. The Dot paper is around $20 per four notebooks with varying styles of books. More gadgets like these are hitting the market and are going to revolutionize the way we write.