Smartpens

For many people, taking notes using a pen and paper will always be easier and more intuitive than typing. The Nuwa Pen allows them to keep doing so, but it also digitizes what they've written for subsequent sharing and searchability.

Five years after releasing a stylish smartpen, NeoLab Convergence has launched a Kickstarter for a recording device called the Reco that works with its Smartpen and Ncoded paper to match written notes with what's being recorded.

The Smart Writing Set is Moleskine's latest crack at combining digital and analogue note taking tech to concoct the ideal experience for creatives looking for an alternative to scribbling on an iPad Pro or Galaxy Note tablet.

Most smartpens require you to use special paper that's unique to that particular product. By contrast, Wacom's just-announced Bamboo Spark system works with a non-electronic pen and whatever A5-sized paper you've got on hand.

Sometimes you may want to keep a digital record of your notes or sketches. If you haven't got access to a computer or you'd simply prefer to use a pen, however, digitizing your content can be problematic. The new Orée Stylograph pen, however, will digitize what you write or draw as you go.

No matter how many new forms of technology we come up with for writing, pen and paper always seems to have a place. Now, a new device called Paper4Everyone aims to take the idea of a connected pen a step further by adding in a collaborative element.

The Neo Smartpen N2 aims to make the smart pen feel just as comfortable as a traditional pen without skimping on features.

Drawing or making notes with a computer pen or stylus doesn't have the same feeling as using a paper and pen. Sometimes, however, you want to digitize something that you've drawn or written by hand. The new Moleskine Livescribe notebooks let you do both at the same time.