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“Digital Pen Takes on Mouse”

A team led by Dr. Jun Rekimoto at the Sony Interaction Laboratory has
devised a “pick and drop” method for transferring notes and files between
computers by selecting the information with a special pen and dropping it
onto the display of another machine simply by touching the screen. The pen …
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2004-6/0614m.html#item7

That would be pretty cool, if pointing devices were computer-sensitive…

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Short URL: http://sachachua.com/blog/p/2110

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