Future of Engineering

Misplacing things leads to wastage of time. And forgetting important dates and appointments have far more serious consequences. Therefore to save people afflicted with simple forgetfulness sticky notes the coolest invention of the 20th century entered the scene.

Though stickies helped us in a big way, the purpose of setting a reminder is lost if one forgets to look at the sticky. To set things right someone out there realized it was time to lauch the quickies in the digital age.

Credit - MIT

This news article in the Future of Things blog discusses the arrival of the Quickie. A newly-written Quickie is a simple Post-it note, which is scribed on a sensitive pad that allows the computer to capture and store the written information. The normal pen and paper is replaced with a digital pen which is connected to the computer. This digital pen transfers whatever is written on the paper to the computer.

The quickie software then translates the written data into computerized text using handwriting recognition algorithms. Forgetfulness is going to be a thing of the past once you’ve set a reminder. These intelligent notes created by the MIT team combines artificial intelligence, RFID, and ink recognition technologies is sure to make our lives less complicated. Now, whatever you have posted on a Quickie will be reminded by the computer at a set time.

So go ahead and forget yourself. (Just make sure you’ve posted a note on a Quickie!)

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