E-note: Just don’t call them digital Post-its

Some say that our technological sense will overcome our common sense the day the digital Post-it is invented. I guess it is because the Post-it is designed to be thrown away, while technology should be built to last.

It appears that some designers at Sequoia Studios have come up with an idea that they would prefer not be called a Digital Post-it, but it is, for all intents and purposes, the most practical combination of Post-it and digital tech.

The E-notes use electric paper technology that has been under development for a long time now. These tiny pieces of e-paper are powered by a small solar captor that requires only one minute of light per day to work.

You can read more about the concept here, but here is a summary. The E-notes come in a pack of twenty-five, and a user can calibrate the date and time on all of them by writing on the first one with the stylus. As for each individual note, you can write or draw anything you want digitally, and then clear the message when you are done. So you can reuse the E-note when done, and even change its color!

So the E-note is a more practical way of leaving notes, and can be used and used again, until the stickum runs out. Well, these E-notes are still a concept just now, but I see a lot of potential.

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4 Comments on “E-note: Just don’t call them digital Post-its”

nobrainerdeals Says:

I would so buy one but the price isnt listed. I wonder how much this is going to cost. If under $30 well worth it, but I assuming this will be highly unlikely price point.

coolproducts Says:

Very cool. This has potential for sure. The link you provided to their site explains the concept very well. Cool idea.

E-note: i post-it digitali - Noantri Says:

[...] E-note: i post-it digitali 31Ott2008 Categoria: Tecnologia Scritto da Plainsong Da alcuni anni a questa parte mi capita spesso di inviare promemoria via e-mail o di lasciare appunti in un file di testo sul desktop del computer del diretto interessato, piuttosto che segnare le mie note con carta e penna. Se anche a voi succede la stessa cosa, sarete felici di sapere che i Sequoia Studios stanno implementando una tecnologia che digitalizza i post-it. Gli E-notes, così si chiamano i promemoria elettronici in questione, sono piccoli pezzi di e-paper (25 per la precisione) alimentati da una minuscolo modulo fotovoltaico che richiede soltanto un minuto di luce solare ogni giorno per funzionare correttamente. Con un apposito pennino sarà possibile scrivere su ogni post-it digitale, regolando la data e l’ora a cui far scattare il promemoria. Ovviamente gli E-note potranno essere riutilizzati all’infinito, e ne sarà possibile persino cambiare il colore. Per in momento ancora in fase di sviluppo, gli E-notes potrebbero minare per sempre la popolarità dei post-it ma risparmierebbero in compenso la vita a centinaia di alberi. [via Coolest Gadgets] [...]

Mintpad allows for digital note-passing » Coolest Gadgets Says:

[...] of you remember last week when I covered the E-note, which is the closest thing to a digital Post-it that I have seen. Of course, that was before I [...]

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