How does the new hardware serve? See how Meng Qi pen is to suck the color pen

Absrtact: The new hardware insiders have a consensus, hardware is just the foundation, not earn a few money, really can support the price/earnings ratio or the city dream rate, is the hardware behind the service. The problem is that, in addition to Apple, Millet and Dropcam, the new hardware that truly provides reliable services is

New hardware insiders have such a consensus, hardware is only the foundation, not make a few money, really can support the price-earnings ratio or city dream rate, is the hardware behind the service. The problem is that, in addition to Apple, Millet and Dropcam, there are few new hardware companies that really provide reliable service. The new hardware was originally in the development of the initial stage, hardware did not sell a few, talk about what service AH.

With this concept, I met this new hardware product from Taiwan after the strange pen, is very stunning.

At first glance, Meng Qi pen hardware products do not have too many bright spots. It is a child to use a color pen, take it to a slightly flat surface on a lean, it can collect the color of the surface, and then you can use this pen on the ipad painting, the same color as the surface. Before the Kickstarter also had similar products, promotional video effect is great, even can directly on paper painting, but many people questioned whether it can deploy this magic ink, and then was quietly under the frame. Meng Odd pen is not the same, engineering prototype has been made, and their software leader Steve with it came to talk to me, a simple trial, and quite smooth.

That's not the point. If it's just a hardware product with a little meaning, I don't really have much interest in it. Meng Qi pen really strong place, is how it relies on supporting applications to extend the value of the outside of its tools.

In addition to the basic painting function, this application also around the child painting this thing to do a lot of expansion. Like what:

all paintings will be synchronized to the cloud, parents can see their children's works at any time, teachers can also do remote guidance or scoring; children in addition to painting, but also like to paint, that is, we used to take colored brushes in the comic books painted black strokes into colorful play, Meng Qi pen supporting applications can allow children to upload their own works, and then other people can download the free coloring, equivalent to the creation of the paper, stickers, and stickers. The application store will have a lot of stickers for children to use, all kinds of cubs appear in the various corners of their work, children love this. In addition, Meng Qi Pen will also provide physical stickers, have sent to sell; In addition to their own, third-party developers can also build a service system. You can do some educational applications, such as identifying fruit by color or spelling words, or making some color-recognition games.

Speak out may feel nothing, but really want you to come out, at this stage I see can do entrepreneurial team not many. When Steve told me about their team, they said that many of them had children who were able to think about what their children's products should look like from their father's point of view. This is very valuable. They are also planning the next product, still facing the children, the alternative has a camera. What should the camera be like for the children to use? What kind of pictures can they take? It's interesting to think about it.

Meng Qi pen Let me more firmly believe that children use toys or items have a great opportunity. The new technology has entered the family, the child accepts quickly, the original tool has many faces to be eliminated the fate. Although there are not many new hardware for children in the market, I believe that there will be many good products in the next two years.

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