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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's interesting. I don't know off-hand of any touch-screen technology that works that way, but there are so many around these days that it's easy to lose track of new developments!
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Found it! I think this is the touchscreen & stylus that they're using. They didn't even change the style of the pencil looking powered stylus. This article is from last May; I wonder if any screens are on the market yet.
N-Trig DuoSense article
Not quite a year ago, N-Trig showed off their DuoSense touch digitizer with option to add pen input later via battery-powered pen. Well, the pen is finally coming to market and to clearly differentiate it from the battery-less pen that comes with pen+touch systems, they’re calling it their Digital Pencil.
The gist of the DuoSense system is that vendors can opt for either a pen+touch system or a touch-only system, as seen on the Lenovo T400s. The pen+touch system includes a pen that works without batteries, like the Wacom system. The touch-only option leaves out a coil in the digitizer to recognize pen input.
But if you’d like to add pen input later, the Digital Pencil has the necessary hardware built into it to replicate the effects of the pen digitizer. Per N-Trig’s website, the pen uses a standard AAAA battery (which I may have never seen in my life) that can last up to 18 months. The downside is that the battery should add a bit of heft (though that might improve the feel for some people), and your notebook, not being designed for pen input, probably lacks a pen garage. One minor quibble: Digital Pencil but no digital eraser on the end? I would have gone with Digital Marker.
Press release below. Hat tip to PC World and Engadget. BTW, I heartily suggest reading Engadget’s take on the news. Classic.