This is Cool: The Sharpie Liquid Graphite Pencil

[Marcus Yam]

Good to see that writing technology is still advancing, despite the fact that people aren't doing much writing these days.

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[Diabolical User]

And how is this IT/Electronics related? *Cough* Advertisement *Cough*

 

[avanpelt]

As a chemical engineering student, I can say that not a single person in my graduating class (120+) regularly used a laptop for note-taking. Maybe in the humanities or social sciences, where notes are more "sentence-like", it is popular, but in the sciences there are far to many equations and pictures to make laptop note-taking effective.

 

[ender21]

Cool! Might get some of these for around the house.

I didn't know that Sharpie was a Tom's advertiser!

 

[chaosgs]

[citation][nom]Diabolical User[/nom]And how is this IT/Electronics related? *Cough* Advertisement *Cough*[/citation]

Um no, its an amazing new invention so they mentioned it. I HATE pencils, HATE HATE HATE. The way it writes is so yuck i hate how it doesnt write like a pen. I have been using a pen since Elementary school, cause i just cant stand them damn pencils.

 

[Guest]

most students with laptops in lecture halls aren't paying attention to lectures

 

[Tmanishere]

[citation][nom]avanpelt[/nom]As a chemical engineering student, I can say that not a single person in my graduating class (120+) regularly used a laptop for note-taking. Maybe in the humanities or social sciences, where notes are more "sentence-like", it is popular, but in the sciences there are far to many equations and pictures to make laptop note-taking effective.[/citation]

LoL. I was a ChemE too. Typing is not an option when there are so many equations, graphs, and symbols to write down. Good luck on your school work!

 

[aceofspades1]

it seems that tomshardware likes to get their news from engadget.

 

[mi1ez]

[citation][nom]aceofspades1[/nom]it seems that tomshardware likes to get their news from engadget.[/citation]
They're all as bad as one another!

 

[Minus_i7]

Okay, but... erasable ink for pens was invented like 30 years ago. Only difference really is the time you have to erase it before it becomes permanent: a few hours there vs. a few days here.

 

[Guest]

Pen can be copyrighted, pencil cannot. I wonder if this, when dried, can be considered a copyrightable document.

 

[Ransom22]

[citation][nom]Diabolical User[/nom]And how is this IT/Electronics related? *Cough* Advertisement *Cough*[/citation]

First, this is Tom's Guide not Tome's Hardware. Secondly this is technology even though it may not contain any electronics. The argument of "advertisement" could be said about any article on TH or TG. This is a very cool device and the ramifications of what this could lead to may not be able to be seen for several years.

 

[Guest]

Related to this (and note taking) and considering it's back to school time for most, how does the Livescribe digital pens perform in the real world? I've been teetering back and forth on buying one each for my niece and nephew in high school,but I'm fearful!

 

[tommysch]

At University Laval we all used pen and paper in computer engineering.

 

[meat81]

it can spell Crysis though right?

 

[inveriti]

I used pens and legal pads all through college. I had a laptop first semester, but found myself spending more time playing CounterStrike in class than listening to the prof. That winter, I sold the laptop for the money to build a desktop and used pens and legal pads. I'm now in law school, and many professors have banned laptops in class b/c students tend not to pay attention. Pen/pencil and paper is it now.

 

[ram1009]

It makes me feel very old to have to tell you all this, but "liquid lead" was invented and marketed decades ago ('60s?) when I was a kid. I don't remember why it flopped then. Maybe someday some "genius" will re-invent the slide rule. It does math without batteries.

 

[SirDevon]

Wonder how effective this would be to use for one of those pencil mods?

 

[slothman]

[citation][nom]chaosgs[/nom]Um no, its an amazing new invention so they mentioned it. I HATE pencils, HATE HATE HATE. The way it writes is so yuck i hate how it doesnt write like a pen. I have been using a pen since Elementary school, cause i just cant stand them damn pencils.[/citation]

It isn't a new invention. I had one of these in college. I don't like them as much as a regular mech. pencil, or a wooden pencil even. I do like them better than an eraseable pen though.

 

[Stryter]

Wonder if they are okay to use on scantron sheets