2024-11-21T17:58:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150019743/a-sketchbook-you-can-draw-on-by-hand-upload-to-the-cloud-then-erase-in-your-microwave Julia Ingalls 2017-07-27T13:10:00-04:00 >2017-07-27T13:13:50-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gp/gpy8feluyeuxi5ft.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For designers who love to draw by hand on real paper but want to store those sketches in the cloud, there is now a kind of a refined, tech-savvy etch-o-sketch in the form of the&nbsp;<a href="http://amzn.to/2u22Ebw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocketbook Wave Smart Notebook</a> from self-described "notebook innovators"&nbsp;Joe Lemay and Jake Epstein.&nbsp;</p> <p>Using a special pen known as a Pilot FriXon, one can write or draw in the notebook by hand, and then choose a symbol at the bottom of the page that is linked to a particular app in the cloud. The information on the physical sheet is uploaded to the cloud by taking a picture of it with one's phone, but the ink in which it is written turns invisible once it is microwaved, making it unneccessary to own more than one notebook (presuming, of course, that access to the information on the cloud remains unobstructed).&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/3q/3qn8hg8ol7xrlacy.jpeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/3q/3qn8hg8ol7xrlacy.jpg"></a></p></figure><p>Mr. Lemay and Mr. Epstein were motivated to attempt to reinvent the notebook partly because they were tired of the stagnancy in the spiral-bound market. The product, which officially dropped on June ...</p>