Dane Elec Memory in Irvine showed off a digital pen at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. But its table was so crowded, I decided to visit after the hubbub of show and get a personal look at this new pen. In fact, we created a video featuring the pen and Dane Elec’s director of marketing Jon Christeson, who explains how cool the pen is:

Some other tidbits to keep in mind: The pen uses sonar technology to communicate with a nearby USB storage drive. The technology comes from EPOS Technologies in Israel. Dane Elec is a part owner in EPOS but doesn’t have the exclusive rights to the digital pen. However, it will be first to market, Jon told me. More on Dane Elec in today’s paper.

Every movement of the pen is tracked and stored by the drive. Jon explains it and shows it much better in the video. So watch it already. Expect the pen to be in stores in May (though Dane Elec has not yet named a retailer) with prices starting at $79 for the 512-MB version. Since Dane Elec is a memory company, I suspect they will offer kits in much larger sizes.

Earlier video: Dane Elec’s Meizu video player.
Earlier blog: Nifty new USB drives from Dane Elec

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