#papercomp

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The new Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine uses Evernote's Page Camera feature to capture the pages of your notebook with your smartphone or tablet.

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We've had smart pens since around the turn of the century but the new Wacom Inkling looks quite interesting in that it's aimed at artists and designers and doesn't need special paper to work. You still need to attach a device to your sketchpad - which seems a little awkward if you ask me but I'd still really like to have a go on one.

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LookTel Money Reader instantly recognizes US currency and speaks the denomination, enabling people with visual impairments or blindness to quickly and easily identify and count bills. Simply point your iPhone's camera at any US bill and the application will tell you the denomination in real-time. It supports $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills.

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"PhoneQi for iPhone lets you clip, save and share any text you see around you, especially in newspapers and magazines, as long as the text is publicly available online. Only about 6 words are needed on average to locate the text you are looking at among all the documents ever created."

Great idea. I've tried it out and it works perfectly! I had no idea this app existed until tonight and I'm very happy it does. This concept is very similar to one I wanted to explore as part of a lightning talk on papercomp that I submitted to UXLX. They didn't accept my talk, but my friend Oli Shaw will be talking about a few subjects we've been discussing on and off for the last year or so. I believe he's going to be discussing Magic as a metaphor and the pros/cons of seamlessness vs seamfulness in services. Neither are new subjects in relation to ubicomp but I'm sure he'll put a good spin on them.