Optimus Tactus

[Samuel Baldwin]

2008/2/5, Brendan Kidwell <brendan-lists at glump.net>:
> But could it be made practical if there was some kind of tactile
> feedback--any tactile feedback? Would it be possible to wear very thin
> gloves made of ferromagnetic material and have the keyboard switch a field
> on and off when you're anywhere near a "key"? Or could we sense a static
> electric charge? (Probably a bad idea given that you're controlling an
> electronic computer.) How about a low-frequency acoustic signal to tell your
> fingertips they're in the right place?

Yeah, some kind of surface that kind of "bounced back" when you
pressed a key would be very handy too. I figure if you're not gonna
have tactile feedback, you should just really use a baseless keyboard
(something I've had floating around in my head for a while, then I
found out it was patented :/).

> Star Trek display/controllers probably use low energy "force fields" to
> replace physical key borders. We need those here. :^)

I believe this one is borderless, which would cause a problem on
tying. I definitely rely on skimming my finger across a key before
pressing it..

I'm toying with spraypainting a keyboard of mine all black. Probably
wont look as good as a Das Keyboard, but it'd be interesting to see
how I type on it. I could then stop popping the keys off and putting
them in the dvorak positions.


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