If You Can Draw It on a Whiteboard, You Can Send It to a Kindle
December 7th, 2009 admin

As a “type A” student, I routinely tried to write down nearly everything my teachers wrote on the chalkboard. Aside from blisters and far too many trips to the pencil sharpener, I’m not sure my approach yielded much. But it was useful to be able to refer back to a teacher’s illustrations or mathematical formulas from time to time. These days, we have electronic textbooks to read and tablet computers to document our thoughts in class — and now, portable whiteboard viewers. Luidia, a company that designs and sells interactive electronic whiteboard solutions, is leveraging the display, portability and connectivity of Amazon’s Kindle …
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