Photos: Digital pens at work
A number of public-sector organizations in the U.K. have been experimenting with digital pen-and-paper technology.
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digital pens
Digital pens are starting to take off in the U.K. public sector. The pens digitally capture information written on specially printed paper that features a dot pattern. A tiny camera determines the pen's location on a page and can store up to 40 pages of text.
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social worker
Greenwich social workers say the pens fit in with their normal working patterns and don't create a barrier in the way laptops do.
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pen test
This style of pen is being used by road test examiners before a larger-scale trial next year.
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