60 years ago the futurists of the day told us that the 21st century will be a paperless society. A quick look around any office will prove that the dead tree technology isn’t going away anytime soon but there are more and more alternatives to use a high tech replacement for the old tried and true method.

Consider the weekly grocery list. All you need is a pencil and paper and a good memory, but we all know that writing down everything that you need to pick up doesn’t happen as often as we like it to. The SmartShopper eliminates that problem by allowing you to press the record button on the device and saying what it is that you need to get from the store, like milk, eggs, ketchup, butter and so on.

The SmartShopper recognizes your item from its pre-programmed list of 2,500 items and displays it on the LCD screen. When you run out of something, simply tell the SmartShopper what it is you need to buy and then stick it back on the refrigerator door using its magnetic backing. When you’re ready to shop you can print off your grocery list via the thermal paper roll inside the unit and it comes categorized.

The SmartShopper runs on four AA batteries, allows you to enter new brand names or items into its database and can also store errands, add quantities and flag the products you need that you have coupons for. Priced at $149.99, it’s available from Amazon, Neiman Marcus, JC Penney, QVC and the SmartShopper USA website.