Equil Smartmarker Transforms Any Surface Into A Smart Surface

Everyone uses dry erase boards from schools to business presentations. Whiteboards are too ephemeral as the presenter always seems to be erasing the part we've just started reading. With Equil's smart technology, your whiteboard notes and drawings can last forever. Equil is adding to their line of smart pens with their new Smartmarker. Equil's Smartpen was designed for paper, but their Smartmarker can be used on any surface, especially whiteboards. Simply attach its magnetic base to the surface, and everything you write with the Smartmarker will be saved to its built-in memory.

The Smartmarker is actually a sleeve to hold any ordinary dry erase marker. You can just pop your own markers into the sleeve and even change colors as you write, recording everything so you can save, edit, and share it later.

The Smartmarker lets you upload your notes to your Mac, PC, or smartphone. They also have a smartphone app where you can edit your notes long after you've cleared the dry erase board. Using their software, you can view and edit all everything you recorded with your Smartmarker. For editing, you can actually go in and tidy up your notes, erasing mistakes and cleaning up lines before sharing a project with friends or coworkers.

Equil's Smartmarker also has streaming capabilities to live stream whatever you are writing. The technology creates new possibilities. Teachers could use it to live stream their lectures, or businesses could use it to share their presentations with investors.

Perhaps the most innovative aspect of Equil's Smartmarker is that you won't need to buy an actual smart surface. Older technology forced the surface to be smart, meaning that a school looking to add smart tech to its classrooms needed to invest thousands of dollars on giant smart boards and companion smart pens. Most smart surfaces are limited by their size, and the cost increases with the smart surface area. The Smartmarker is capable or tracking over 16 x 5 feet of drawing space. With the Smartmarker, all you need is the marker which makes it a cheaper and more portable solution. It should be cheaper, in theory. Equil's Smartmarker isn't available yet, but they are planning to release it early this year.

Check out eQuil SmartMarker in action here.

Source: Equil