Company shows device that digitally stores notes made on paper

Royole, a company that produces screens, among other things, has shown the Smart Writing Pad. It is a notepad that works with regular paper and pens with regular refills. It stores drawings and notes digitally and can send them to computers and smartphones.

The Smart Writing Pad works with sensors that track what users write on the notepad, and automatically converts that into digital variants. The device has local storage to store images and a bluetooth connection to send them.

Users can clamp the paper like a notepad and write with regular pens. They can charge the Smart Writing Pad with a micro-usb connection on the side. The device will be released in Europe at the end of February, although a price is still unknown.

Several companies have already shown such ideas. The ISKN Slate is one such, but Huawei had already put such a function on a laptop.

Royole also shows a bendable OLED screen with a thickness of 0.01 millimeters at CES. Oled screens are so far thicker than that. According to Royole, the display can be used for ‘innovative new devices’, but the supplier does not say which ones.