New pen could outrun mouse

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Here's a great story over at Ananova about Sony researchers that have created a pen that will allow users to pick up a file from a handheld and touch the screen of another handheld to transfer the file (the term is "Pick and drop"). This makes so much more sense than trying to beam a file.

Researchers in Japan say they have come up with a way to ''pick and drop" a digital file from one computer to another.
Experts at Sony's Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo have come up with a pen that can move files between computers, says the BBC.
It means that people on different computers in the same room can transfer files without using email, discs or a shared file server.
Dr Jun Rekimoto extended the drag and drop technique used in most PC software to create a "pick and drop" technique.
So the owner of a handheld computer can pick up a file from their device, using a special pen, and drop it onto the screen of another computer, by placing the pen on its screen.
The technique would make it easier for colleagues to exchange files between computers, new acquaintances to swap electronic business cards or friends to swap links to websites or music tracks.