{"id":376330,"date":"2017-08-05T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T23:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1523796"},"modified":"2017-08-05T07:10:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T23:10:57","slug":"phree-is-a-digital-stylus-that-works-on-any-surface-almost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/phree-is-a-digital-stylus-that-works-on-any-surface-almost\/","title":{"rendered":"Phree is a digital stylus that works on any surface \u2013 almost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Developed by Israel-based <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/otmtech.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">OTM Technologies<\/a>, Phree is a digital pen that you can use to, in the words of the CEO, express yourself anywhere, anytime, on any surface. <em>Almost<\/em> any surface. It doesn\u2019t write on glass, and it writes ineffectively on bumpy surfaces like crackers, as demonstrated by Gilad Lederer, OTM co-founder and CEO, during our visit to their Ra\u2019anana office.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/phree_pen_cracker.gif\" alt=\"Phree\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The stylus utilizes an optical sensor, invented by Lederer and his co-founders Opher Kinrot and Uri Kinrot,\u00a0to measure any object\u2019s motion in three dimensions. It connects to devices (laptops, smartphones, tablets, VR headsets) through Bluetooth and works with Windows and Android-based applications, including handwriting recognition software.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/phree_pen_sin.gif\" alt=\"Phree\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OTM also offers an iOS and Android app that allows users to take quick notes on their arm, the wall, a banana, etc. without having to open up their smartphones. In future versions, the company plans to implement two features: Phree as a headset to answer calls and a messaging screen on the stylus where users will be able to respond by writing on their leg, for example.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/phree_pen.jpg\" alt=\"Phree\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Even with Bluetooth latency, the connection between Phree and the device is fewer than 15 milliseconds, which is almost instantaneous. The stylus\u2019s tip offers many levels of pressure and can be used as a brush. Although these features prove useful for illustrators, according to Lederer, Phree is geared toward young professionals for scribbling notes in meetings and annotating documents.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s impressive, but unless you\u2019re an artist who doesn\u2019t want to lug around a tablet, an account exec who enjoys defacing spreadsheets or the schmo who\u2019s keen on seeing their handwriting digitised, $198 is a bit pricey just to save those extra few seconds of actually opening up your phone to jot down a note. Plus it\u2019s another thing to stick in your pockets, along with your wallet, phone and keys.<\/p>\n<p>OTM plans to go into production in the coming months, but Phree is currently available for pre-order through Indiegogo, where the company has raised over $1.5 million, 1,066 percent more than its original goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developed by Israel-based OTM Technologies, Phree is a digital pen that you can use to, in the words of the CEO, express yourself anywhere, anytime, on any surface. Almost any surface. It doesn\u2019t write on glass, and it writes ineffectively on bumpy surfaces like crackers, as demonstrated by Gilad Lederer, OTM co-founder and CEO, during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":376331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-376330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}