The Scribble Ink pen is the most technologically advanced pen we've seen in years, despite being a traditional ink pen.
The pen uses an ARM 9 processor, 1GB storage, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB and a rechargeable lithium ion battery. This adds up to an ability to store over 100,000 colours in its memory and produce a range of 16 million colours.
Scribble Ink uses a 16-bit RGB colour sensor at the top end to capture colours in the real world. It then uses an ink cartridge loaded with colours which sends the right ink into a mixing chamber before the exact replica of the scanned colour comes out of the writing nib. So tap an orange then start colouring with that exact orange colour. It also comes with a soft rubber tip so it can be used as a stylus on a touchscreen.
Colours are sent to the accompanying app which allows users to group them for easy access in future.
According to its designers, The Scribble pen is "the first coloring device of its kind that can take the world of color around you and transfer it directly to either paper or your favourite mobile device."
The Scribble pen is available to pre-order now online for $149.95 USD . The Stylus version is $79.95 USD .
