Smart Pen For Rquirements Elicitation

In the January/February 2009 issue of Scientific Computing we read:


"... we discovered the logical successor to the PDA — a digital “smart pen,” specifically, the “Pulse” smart pen from Livescribe. This hand-held computer sports a 32-bit ARM 9 processor, 1 or 2 GB of flash memory and runs applications written in Java. It does have a 96x18 pixel monochrome OLED display, but it is not a touch screen. It instead uses standard paper that has been printed with a screen pattern of 100-µm diameter dots...."


So with the Pulse device business & requirements analysts can record information in JAD sessions, requirements elicitation meetings, etc. and replay their notes and their audio input — something that was nearly impossible with the PDA.


Furthermore, the Livescribe desktop software (available for both Windows and Mac) provides a comprehensive interface to the images, audio and file management on the smart pen.