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While LeapFrog will keep its focus on kids and educational toys, Anoto aims to expand the Pentop Computer business into other areas for adults and corporate use, including new Internet capabilities. For e-commerce, such as ordering flowers, a pen owner would register for a Pentop account and provide a credit-card number and a list of preferred suppliers of goods and services. Once this is done, orders can be made online by using the pen to jot down what you want on the custom paper. The pen sends the information, using wireless, Bluetooth technology to communicate through a cell phone or over the Internet via a connected cradle. Anoto is also working on other applications such as scheduling. For example, writing down an appointment will cause the pen to respond with an alarm when it's time for the meeting and a voice telling what the meeting's about. The alarm can also be used to remind people to take medicine. Logitech International , a Swiss company, licensed the same techno

Imagine ordering flowers over the Internet with nothing but a pen and a piece of paper. Write the word 'Buy' on the paper, and a few words about the type of arrangement, and a voice from a miniature speaker on the pen will provide information from an online store about what kind of flowers are available and any special offers. The pen then guides you through the whole ordering process, step by step, asking you to write down information such as your address and delivery time. Science fiction? Hardly. The pen may be available in stores as early as next year. The technology is similar to the one behind an educational toy pen that was a huge commercial success over the Christmas holidays. The Fly Pentop Computer, designed by Emeryville's LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. for children 8 to 13, premiered last October and proved to be even more popular than the company's other best-selling educational toys, the LeapPad and Leapster. The Fly pen was created by LeapFrog and Anoto, a Swe

Drinking Liberally Princeton - Rush Holt visits Princeton's Drinking Liberally : "Over 50 people turned out and packed the bar area at the Annex in Princeton last night. Congressman Fly Pen came to mingle and have a beer with Princeton's Drinking Liberally crowd. It was good to see many new people in addition to the regulars that come out every Thursday."

Another creative innovation by Imaginarium which gives kids a chance to practice material that may already have been covered in their textbook but which they may still need to review. I won't say that this exactly makes learning FUN but it definitely adds some variety and even some challenges that keep kids interested. More importantly, it is geared to specific textbooks and has learning tips and directions to help kids who are confused, a review of chapter material, new problems to practice, etc. I found this worked best (at first) with parental supervision but a highly motivated student could use it himself or herself. What IS wonderful about the Flyware system is how it can be used for either fun OR education, so that kids are likely to play with it, even if they aren't crazy about practicing schoolwork. Is it a pen or a mini-computer? Consider it a hybrid, with some nifty softwear. FLYware: FLY Through Tests: Middle School FLYware FLY Expansion Pack: Fly Journal Expansio

FLYware: FLY Through Tests: Middle School Here's a faster, smarter way to get the grade! Now you can download and print test questions that are based on your own textbooks! That's right--we created a database of over 200,000 questions based on the most-used middle school textbooks. Just visit LiveOnTheFLY.com, find your textbook, print your test on FLY Test Paper, and then take it! You can choose a quiz game, time yourself, track your score and get hints for every question. Comes with FLY Through Tests FLYware Cartridge, 100 Pages of Interactive FLY Paper, Flight Manual, and FLY Through Tests Practice Pad. Requires computer with internet access, black and white or color printer, and Acrobat Reader software.