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Gadgets

Uni-ball Kuru Toga Mechanical Pencil: Stays Sharp Forever

If I had to go back to high school math class again, the Kuru Toga Mechanical Pencil is the only pencil I’d take with me. Why? Because it has a twist and turn mechanism that automatically rotates its lead to keep a perfectly sharp point every time you write.

May 3, 2011
Gadgets

The Turtle Pen Is Possibly The Only Interesting Pen

Pens! Pens! PENS! Excited? No, of course not, because when was the last time a pen was remotely interesting? Here’s a nice exception to the rule: Turtle’s “SNAPback” pens expose their tips with a pistol-like cocking action (so much innuendo!)

April 25, 2011
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You Can Store More Ink In These Spiral Ballpoint Pens

From the pages of “my-god-it’s-so-simple-why-didn’t-I-do-that-first” comes these spiral ballpoint pens, which hold double the amount of ink in their tightly spiralled coils. But let’s do the maths. Are these going to save our fine planet from drowning in landfill? Let’s look:

April 22, 2011
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Can You Believe Someone Scribbled All Over These Floors?

Heike Weber took what I, and probably you, did in school and brought it to a ridiculously larger scale. Those designs on the floor? Drawn with permanent marker. She’s worked on art installations like this for more than a decade.

April 19, 2011
Gadgets

You Might Actually Use This Screwdriver-Level-Ruler-Pen To Write

I had about a dozen multi-tool pens in school. I had pens that fired lasers and told time and wrote in invisible ink, but for the life of me, I can’t remember using any to actually write something.

February 24, 2011
Software

Livescribe Pens Lets You Search For Info On Your Written Words

Before you whine about this Livescribe pen app only containing 100,000 of the 3,567,121 articles currently on Wikipedia, just stop and remember how freakin’ advanced our world has become, now you can tap a written word and see information on that subject.

February 15, 2011
Gadgets

Turn Your Pen Into An iPad Stylus With This Adaptor

Sure, maybe the iPad wasn’t meant to be used with a stylus but having options is always a good thing, right? Sadly this stylus adaptor is only a Kickstarter project for the time being but it promises to turn Sharpies, Bic or Pilot pens into a full fledged, tablet inputting beast.

February 2, 2011
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The Pencil For The Purist Afraid Of Technology

I miss the good ol’ days of scribbling as much as the next guy, but I don’t think I’d buy this pencil. This is strictly for the purists. Or the out-of-touch dinosaurs who really hate Photoshop. [Etsy via LikeCool]

February 1, 2011
Gadgets

Transfer Handwritten Notes To The Small Android In Your Pocket

PCs, Macs and soon Android devices will be able to convert your messy scrawls to digital text using the Bluetooth receiver, when Pentel launches a supporting app for its Airpen Mini in March. [Pentel via UberGizmo]

January 10, 2011
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A380 Montblanc Pen Only For Wealthiest Of High Flyers

Want this Montblanc Skeleton pen, shaped like an Emirates A380 plane? Those 28 diamonds, 18-carat gold plating and lure of winning free flights will never be yours – unless you fork out $US19,335 for it. [AMEinfo via Moodiereport via BornRich]

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