Imagine being able to draw or write with any color in the world, not just the color(s) of the ink that come with your pen.  Say hello to the Scribble Pen, a smart pen with a special ink cartridge and scanner that can replicate any color.  Billed as the "last pen you'll ever have to buy," the Scribble Pen promises to let you "scan" colors simply by touching the RGB color sensor built into the top of the pen onto a colored object.  Here's a video demonstration of how the Scribble Pen works:  Want to doodle with an exact shade of red from a rose? Touch the pen's scanner to its petals. Must color your BB-8 drawing with the right orange? No worries, touch the Scribble Pen to a BB-8 toy and get coloring. Itching to make a poop emoji masterpiece for your loved one? Go ahead and scan that turd you just squeezed out. OK, maybe don't do that, but you get the idea.  The Pen's smart ink cartridge "connects to a smart micro pump that recreates the color you have scanned." According to the product's website, the ink is water-resistant and won't ever fade. We have no idea how long the ink will last, only that you'll be able to "write for miles with each generous, affordable ink cartridge."  The Scribble Pen comes with three tips for different stroke weights.  You can also connect the Pen to smartphones and tablets running iOS 7 (and higher) and Android 4.0 (and higher) to save the colors that you've scanned.  Battery life for the pen is said to last up to seven hours on a single charge. The Pen charges with a standard Micro USB cable.  The Scribble Pen is currently available for pre-order for $249. There's also a $119 version called the Scribble Pen Stylus that only works with tablets and doesn't contain the smart ink cartridge. A combo paper and tablet version of the Scribble sells for $300. All three pens are available in your choice of five different colors: black, white, silver, blue or green.  Before you hit that pre-order button, you should maybe know one thing: The Pen may be too good to be true.  The Scribble Pen launched as a Kickstarter project in 2014 and received $366,566 after asking for $100,00. The project, however, was canceled by Kickstarter after Scribble (the company) failed to show details on how the Pen worked and produce a working prototype; backers were never refunded. Scribble then moved the project to Tilt, another crowdfunding website, and after raising $227,540, it also was canceled, but backers were reportedly refunded.  After two failed crowdfunding campaigns, the company's now selling the Pens directly to customers on its website. How well do the Scribble Pens even work? Who really knows.  As Mashable's Product Analyst, I'm going to remain skeptical until I try one out myself. The Scribble Pen sounds amazing, but I've been let down by too many cool ideas that are just that, a cool idea.  Video: Rill Causey, Noah Throop  Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.
Scribble Pen is a smart pen that lets you draw in any color simply objects by scanning them with its built in color sensor.