Solution

Is this a solution in search of a problem?

Hey fraudster - would you like my signature now or at your leisure?

I saw this technology a while ago - hands up all those who would like to have their signature stored in a pen and then sent unencrypted onto the web?

Still at least when the battery runs out you have an excuse go home early - I will tell my boss to buy one for every field engineer including me today :D

Superimposter

Additionally

"The pen records only the marks you make, which are then superimposed on a digital copy of the form to re-create your complete page"

So...everything I had written and sgned can be taken out of context and put on a completely different background? Have I just signed to say my boiler has been fixed or that I approve the a sales order for 8000 digital pens? Cunning sales plan!

Right...

Reinventing the wheel, are we? Or building a better mousetrap?

Mind you that people have forgotten the art of writing. I am learning Chinese and have to say it took me a while getting used to using a pen again as I only use computers these days.

Maybe this technology is a bridge... If handwriting recognition is included, you can write anywhere and a digital copy is automatically created. This is only useful if one could actually /see/ what is written. Looking at an empty piece of paper after a frantic writing session is something I am not looking forward to...

Martin

MyScript handwriting recognition

In fact MyScript handwriting recognition is used for this solution. Destiny Wireless is one of Vision Objects partners (www.visionobjects.com).

Their website shows various applications integrating handwriting recognition for forms processing, mobile messaging and note taking.