The constitutive act of modern sovereignty for Hobbes, as well as its power, remain entangled with that of erasability, meaning both the violent erasure of the arbitrariness of the distinction between who gets to live and who gets to die, but also, the erasure of the violence itself, and precisely because it is recognized as necessary for the sustainability of power.
"Now you can infuse (sublimate) permanent inks into the coating--such as for photos, logos, patterns, calendars, or industry-specific formats or graphics--yet retain dry-erase board erasability," says Chin.
Besides speed advantages, erasability for revisions and unattended operation, Carnegie Mellon was also impressed with the fact that their pencil plotter provides a soft landing mechanism, preventing the pencil or pen from damaging the media or writing instrument itself.