MIT digitises the Post-it Note

Introducing the Quickie (snigger snigger)

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NEWS: 2 May 2008 13:49 GMT by Katie Scott
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Those clever chaps at MIT Media Lab have taken that old office favourite, the Post-it note, and stuck it in the 21st Century. The "Quickies" concept uses those sticky pads we all have buried in the detritus piled on our desks and adds a digital pen and special pad. You can then scrawl a note onto your Post-it as per usual, and the message will simultaneously be saved onto a computer. Software on your PC then "uses its understanding of the user's intentions, content, and the context of the notes to provide the user with reminders, alerts, messages, and just-in-time information", explain the inventors. The database can also store location information, so if you stick a note to, for example, a book, you can then find it later using the RFID tag embedded on the note. Hit the play button above the check out how the system works. >> Via - Engadget Have Your Say Name: Email: (Email address will not be published) Country: Are you human:	Tags Gadgets 1350 news, 146 reviews HomeAndKitchen 104 news, 2 reviews MIT 5 news Post-it notes >> More tags

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