Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Kickstarter update: iPen 2 for iMac and iPad - One More Thing

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter is full of interesting, strange and brilliant inventions with enough financial support from visitors can become reality. Support many projects or are made for Mac and iOS. From now on we treat each Wednesday an interesting project in the OMT Kickstarter update.

This week

attention iPen 2. A project that has gefund and is scheduled to be available in the summer. iPen 2 is a stylus for iMac or iPad that can be. well as mouse, pen or paintbrush The stylus works directly on the screen of an iMac and is pressure sensitive.

The iPen 2 is a stylish stylus.

The iPen 2 is a stylish stylus.

To use the stylus must be two sensors placed on the iMac. The sensors shine a light invisible on the screen, allowing the position of the pen nonetheless. The built-in pressure sensor can measure pressure at 1024 levels.

The sensors should be. placed on the screen of the iMac

The sensors should be.

placed on the screen of the iMac

the iPad version should be. put the iPad in a special case This has the same function as the sensors on the iMac. It is still possible to provide the iPad with a cover and leave via micro USB. Currently there is no case for the iPad mini .

The iPad case for iPen 2.

The case for the iPad 2 iPen.

At time of writing the 1559 Kickstarter visitors financial support for this project. The counter is at $ 368,630. Total had to be $ 360,000 retrieved. This is the necessary funding and will be within the iPen 2 into production. The expected retail price is $ 169 for the iMac model and $ 119 for the iPad model. The iPen 2 will be available in the summer.

Next week is another Kickstarter update. Do you have a special Kickstarter project given that we really need to treat yourself in this section Mail your suggestion to editor [at] onemorething.nl or use the tip form. This weekly column is preliminary in pilot phase.

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