Related Work

A small collection of research and products relevant to interaction with physical and digital documents.

iSKN - tracking arbitrary pens using a magnetic ring that is pushed onto pen and a board containing multiple magnetometers. Short, unenthusiastic review (commercial product)

reMarkable - e-ink tablet used for reading (highlighting and making notes on the page), writing and sketching. Feels like real paper and replace notebooks, sketchbooks and printouts. Review - from BBC Review - Business Insider (commercial product - released November 2016)

Sharp WG series

• e.g., Sharp WG-S30
• overview of different models in English
• only available in Japan
• monochrome LCD, 600×800

PUP scanner - pocket scanner shaped like a pen, portable, scans documents of different dimensions e.g. text documents, architecture plans etc., a smart device that uploads scanned documents to cloud or to be sent via email. Equipped with a camera, laser, LED that produces HD images better than using a smartphone camera for scanning. Use cases (commercial product)

The Everlast Notebook - provides a classic pen and paper experience, paper made from polyester composite rather than wood, easily erasable using a wet towel, uses any pen from the Pilot Frixtion series. Uses Rocketbook app to scan documents and store them. Intelligent pages - contain a special QR code which tells the Rocketbook app the page number of each scan. (commercial product - released 2017)

The Moleskine Smart Writing Set - is a specially designed notebook that works together with a smartpen and an App to instantly digitize notes and sketches made on paper. Digital text and images can be created and shared with a smartphone or tablet. (commercial product)