The Pen Communicator from the Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series would connect agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin with U.N.C.L.E. headquarters in New York City if they said the phrase “Open Channel D”. It also included amnesia inducer and electronic scanner functions.
Now we have the Pulse smartpen that records conversations and indexes them to what you write using special notebook paper. It doesn’t take much imagination to think of ways one might use this during investigations.
Hi! I work for Livescribe handling tweets and blogposts and I stumbled across your blog. I am fascinated by the prospect of using the Pulse for investigation and interrogation. I think it would be a valuable tool; able to collect ‘timestamped’ notes, share notes within an investigation team effortlessly, and provide a digital archive.
I would love to discuss this topic with you further!