Connected planner
The Slice Planner is a hybrid planning
system designed to bridge the gap
between paper planners and digital
calendars.
Ideal for visual thinkers, a radial
diagram reminiscent of a clock face can
be found on every other page of the
notebook, allowing you to plan your time
in an intuitive way. The second page is
always blank providing space for meeting
notes, sketches and ideas. The notebook
is available in a soft or hard cover and in
four different colours.
A free app captures events from the
notebook and conveys them to your
digital calendar. Titles of the events are
recognised by optical character recognition
powered by Google Cloud Vision.
An Augmented Reality mode can
augment your physical planner with
entries in your digital calendar and
highlight overlapping events in red.
Other useful features include an
Advanced Sharing feature that lets you
instantly save a whole page of notes
or a calendar event to the cloud or
email content to contacts; and a Smart
Crop feature that lets you capture and
digitise specific sections of your notes by
drawing a line around the piece you need.
The cropped item can then be shared,
saved or attached to a calendar event.
Slice Planner was funded in January
and will ship to backers in April.
Flashlight pen
The P1 by Refyne is a 2-in-1 pen and
flashlight. The body is 5 grade titanium
and comes in two finishes, polished or
matte, with a waterproof fine, black
Lamy M22 rollerball. The detachable 130
lumens flashlight module is fastened
with a magnet and recharges via
micro USB. Refyne plans to ship
to backers in June 2017.
Crowd-pleasers we love
Don’t sit still
Designed to negate the effects of
sitting for too long at work, Officiser is
a footrest that encourages constant leg
movement. The device consists of a small
platform with two foot rests that slide
backwards and forwards and rotate side
to side. Officiser is due to start shipping
to its backers in March.
Charge and write
The ChargeWrite pen has a built-in 16GB
flash memory drive and a powerbank
charger with a universal smartphone
tip that plugs into any lightning port
or Micro USB for charging iPhone and
Android phones. It’s also a stylus and
screen cleaner.
ChargeWrite is the brainchild of
Shaun Teblum and Rob Gold, a pair
of Montreal-based entrepreneurs. “It
happens to the best of us, we rush
through that important call, silently
hoping the battery doesn’t die at the
worst possible moment.” explains Shaun
Teblum, co-founder of ChargeWrite.
“Whether you’re a student, or a
professional, most of us need to give
our phone a mid-afternoon boost, and
ChargeWrite is an easy way to do that.”
ChargeWrite is available in two
versions: the standard version includes a
ballpoint pen, stylus, screen cleaner and a
1000 mAH battery; the ChargeWrite Plus
has all the same features of the standard
except for a 650 mAH battery and 16GB
of flash memory built-in.
The first 1,000 units have been
produced and are ready to ship to early
backers in April.
Robot drawing arm
Line-Us is a small robot arm that
reproduces with pen and paper what
you draw on screen. TheWiFi connected
device mimics your motions in real-time
to recreate your digital doodles on
paper. A companion app allows you to
save drawings to draw again or share
with others. Early backers can expect to
receive their machines in October.
A fidgeter’s friend
The Think Ink pen is a titanium and steel
pen that bends, spins, slides and twists to
the delight of constant fidgeters. Fidgeting
has been shown to help improve focus
and productivity, so this discreet fidgeting
tool could be great for restless workers.
The refillable ballpoint has a
stainless-steel flexo shaft with spring-
like resistance for bending and flexing;
rare-earth magnets that create a
floating, silent spinner at the end of the
pen; and a magnetic flexo clip that can
be detached and played with on its own.
Successfully funded at the end of
last year, the Think Ink pen will begin
shipping to backers in April.
Pocket scanner
Pup is a simple, wireless pocket scanner
with a single button. It identifies
the corner of the document, adjusts
luminosity, curve and size and shares
the scanned file straight to the cloud,
your mailbox or printer. An OCR feature
extracts text from the scanned image for
importing intoWord and Excel. Shipping
of Pup to backers is expected to start in
May.
Stationery on the move
Providing quick and easy access to
your stationery, the FLIPCLIP stationery
holder securely attaches to notebooks
of any size. It can hold up to three items
at a time and accommodates items
ranging 7 to 15mm in diameter, which
covers most pens, pencils and markers.
Ideal for commuters or those working
on the go, it ensures you’ve always
got a pen to hand when you need one.
FLIPCLIP is in production and will start
shipping February/March 2017.
Our choice of the best new crowdfunded stationery and office products.
Spring 2017
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