Released the first ballpoint pen scanner

In may 2013, the canadian company NоteMark showed a new ballpoint pen that has a camera, laser pointer and microphone. This is the first pen, which allows you to digitize printed text without using a conventional scanner.





New ballpoint pen from the company NоteMark done to implement just 3 functions. First, it is possible to write, for what the kit included a special ink cartridge. Second, the handle is built a special microphone, which can record up to thousands of minutes of audio files in wav format.



The main feature of the new pens NоteMark is a 5-megapixel camera and a special laser pointer, which can do a photo. The algorithm of actions is quite simple. Using a laser as a virtual framework that focuses desired portion of text or a photo. Then there is the and gotovoe image format JPЕG and resolution of 2048x1536 pixels is automatically saved on the internal memory card of 1 GB. For once you can make up to 300 photos. Thus, this is the first ballpoint pen, which allows you to make high-quality scans of paper pages.



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