Technology: In Plain English טכנולוגיה: באנגלית פשוטה: Rocket? Man!!! (with apologies to Elton John)

Those folks from ROCKETbook have done it again!!

MAN-o-man, are they amazing!

(Get it... ROCKETbook, MAN-o-man = ROCKET MAN... OK, so it's a "dad pun," just work with me!!)

My wife (you know, Batsheva... she wrote the book - The Jewish Educators Companion -see my blog post) first introduced me to "The Wave." This is an amazing tech cross-over that combines "paper," digital tech and amazing engineering...

"The Rocketbook Wave provides the freedom of a traditional pen and paper notebook, while instantly blasting your notes into the cloud using your smartphone. When you use Pilot FriXion pens with the Wave notebook, you can erase your notes using your microwave oven and reuse your notebook." (from the Rocketbook website)

What I love about The Wave is that I can draw, write and doodle like I always do and then, zap - send it to the cloud. It just feels so natural! When the notebook is full, you just pop it in the microwave - in my case, with some coffee to warm up - and then I pull out a fully erased and ready to use clean notebook. So Cool!!

But that wasn't enough for the innovators at Rocketbook. They then released "The Everlast" - check out this super easy to erase version - I think of it like "The Wave" but on steroids!

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Well, now the intrepid voyagers from Rocketbook have "one-upped" their game. Introducing "The Rocketboard"

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What I love about this product is how it allows the user to transfer the image, from any angle, and then send it right up to the same cloud directory that I have for my notebook!! It is amazing - and it would make a great gift to that special teacher on your shopping list!! Personally, I think that every classroom that uses whiteboards should be using this product. So get over to their Kickstarter page and support this one!

Now, I can hear some of you asking... "Yossie, do they pay you for this?" And I reply... "Nope!! Nothing! Zippo! Efes! (That's zero in Hebrew!)

Now, if they want to send me a coffee mug, I wouldn't say no!