A Practical LCD Writing Tablet

An anonymous reader passes along a word about an innovative LCD writing tablet. The Boogie Board costs $30, can be written on with a stylus or a fingernail, and uses no power in the act of writing. Only erasing consumes power — from a watch battery, which lasts for 50,000 erases. The total cost per "page" comes out to only 1/15th that of steno paper. The writing surface is pressure-sensitive and "highly responsive to variable amounts of pressure," so you can make thick and thin lines.

Re:Why oh why can I not save the screen?

[ColdWetDog]

You could probably just stick it in a Xerox machine (er, I mean copier). Interesting to note that they are out of stock at Amazon. We've Slashdotted a physical object!!!!

Gaze in fear, World!

Re:Shipping kills it

[MichaelSmith]

Just spend a few days kayaking over here and pick it up with no shipping costs. Then you would only have to pay for the food & water for your trip.

You want to sea kayak the North Atlantic? I don't think even Ed Gillet [canoekayak.com] would try that. Unless you tried to hug the coast and ice around the north. Should be pretty safe that way.

Of course this is the standard way [google.com] for us to get to the USA now.