Many people would probably say their handwriting has suffered
the more they use computers to communicate. But imagine trying
to exercise your rusty penmanship on letters that have not 1 or
2 strokes but 5, 10, 15, or more. The Japanese often complain
that sending e-mails and texts erodes their skills in writing
the thousands of kanji, or Chinese characters, they learn in
school. Some are maddeningly complex and, if rarely used, easy
to forget. But brush-painting kanji calligraphy is also a
centuries-old art form. Keio University engineering professor
Seiichiro Katsura has a way to help preserve it with his Motion
Copy System robot. … Read more