Abstract :
LyndsayWilliams of Microsoft Research's
Cambridge UK lab is the inventor of the Smartquill, a pen that can remember the
words that it is used to write, and then transform them into computer text . The
idea that "it would be neat to put all of a handheld-PDA type computer in
a pen," came to the inventor in her sleep. “It’s the pen for the new
millennium,” she says. Encouraged by Nigel Ballard, a leading consultant to the
mobile computer industry, Williams took her prototype to the British
Telecommunications Research Lab, where she was promptly hired and given money
and
institutional support for her project.
The prototype, called SmartQuill, has been developed by world-leading research laboratories run
by BT (formerly British Telecom) at Martlesham, eastern England. It is claimed
to be the biggest revolution in handwriting since the invention of
the pen.
LyndsayWilliams of Microsoft Research's
Cambridge UK lab is the inventor of the Smartquill, a pen that can remember the
words that it is used to write, and then transform them into computer text .
The idea that "it would be neat to put all of a handheld-PDA type computer in a
pen," came to the inventor in her sleep. “It’s the pen for the new
millennium,” she says. Encouraged by Nigel Ballard, a leading consultant to the
mobile computer industry, Williams took her prototype to the British
Telecommunications Research Lab, where she was promptly hired and given money and
institutional support for her project.
The prototype, called SmartQuill, has been developed by world-leading research
laboratories run by BT (formerly British Telecom) at Martlesham, eastern England. It is claimed to be
the biggest revolution in handwriting since the invention of
the pen.
WORKING OF Smart quill
SmartQuill is slightly larger than an
ordinary fountain pen. Users can enter information into these applications by
pushing a button on the pen and writing down what they would like to enter .The SmartQuill
does not need a screen to work. The really clever bit of the technology is its
ability to read handwriting not only on paper but on any flat surface –
horizontal or vertical. There is also a small three-line screen to read the information
stored in the pen; users can scroll
down the screen by tilting the pen slightly. The user trains the pen to
recognize a particular handwriting style - no matter how messy it is, as long
as it is consistent, the pen can recognize it. The handwritten notes are stored on
hard disk of the pen. The pen is then plugged into an electronic
"inkwell", text data is transmitted to a desktop computer, printer,
or modem or to a mobile telephone to send files electronically. Up to 10 pages of
notes can be stored locally on the pen. A tiny light at the tip allows writing
in the dark. When the pen is kept idle for some time, power gets automatically
off.
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