Product Spotlight: Pulse Smartpen

The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word.  Missed something? Tap on your notes or drawings with the tip of your Pulse smartpen to hear what was said while you were writing. That’s right — this little pen records what it hears, which makes it great for students who need to review lectures.

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Nicholas Negroponte - Update on the One Laptop per Child Project

I’ve recently become a fan of TED Talks which is a repository of “inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers.” Today, I found a 16.5 minute talk by Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the MIT Media Lab, in which he discussed the progress of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The talk took place in December of 2007 (but was just posted in June of this year), two years into the life of the project.

Here is the video of his talk:

A few points of his talk which especially interested me:

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