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by Animats 3819 days ago
"You can tell the difference if a piece of mail was signed by a human with a pen instead of a printer, and it means something."

Not any more. There's an app for that now.[1]

[1] https://vimeo.com/101932145

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Looks like it doesn't do ballpoint, so it probably can't duplicate the varied indentations into the paper that a ballpoint pen will make. I've been checking mail from my Congresscritters to see which ones are using autopens [0] or similar technology, such as the link you provided. (NB the Wikipedia article for the autopen [0] mentions a model that functions on the x and y axes, but makes no mention of a z axis)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopen