I had forgotton that I built a light pen for the trs-80 back in the late 70’s. slow, sucky, but fun for a teen when the whole home-computer thing was still sci-fi to most people.

Always wanted to use a light pen but didn’t have a computer. When I finally got a C128, (BASIC 7 even included the PEN command!) I couldn’t really afford the commercial light pen versions.

Input devices for communication are those that let you send sounds, thoughts, images or files to others via the computer. For business, input devices let you reach out to customers, colleagues and ...

A new Apple patent has been revealed today shows a tablet like device that uses a pen as an input device for hand writing recognition, the tablet was filed with the patent office back in July 2009.

Unwired View reports on a newly-published patent application from Apple disclosing software methods for processing pen-based computer input. While the patent application, which was filed on July ...

The LG Pentouch. It’s a hard thing to describe, mostly because it isn’t just one thing-- it’s composed of the 60-inch PZ850 plasma TV that has been for a while, a light-sensitive pen, which ...

Panasonic is pushing further into touchscreen technology at CES, and it's not content with finger control alone. Thankfully, Anoto is more than willing to help with a deal to drive the pen input ...

Apple may have shunned the stylus for the iPhone, but its all about pen-based input on tablets. It's just filed a patent application for tech that Skip to content ...

Issue # 42: Alternative computer input devices: Implications for musculoskeletal symptoms. Download the pdf. Contributed by Jennifer Garza, ScD, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington CT.

1951: The Light Pen. Created at MIT, the pen is a light-sensitive stylus developed for use with glass-face vacuum tube CRT monitors. The pen senses changes in brightness on the screen.