by Technology Review
How good an idea is a “now you feel it, now you don’t” keyboard? I’ve blogged about Tactus before (see “A Smart Phone with the Mumps”). Basically, the idea behind Tactus’s technology is this: what if your smartphone or tablet could essentially “grow” a physical keyboard, only when you need it? You’re watching a Netflix movie on your tablet, with its flat touchscreen. But then the movie is over, and it’s time to search for a new one. Tactus, using it’s “microfluidics” technology, would be smart enough to sprout physical buttons from your screen, just for the duration of input. As the device nears the market–2013 is meant to be the year Tactus enters production, reportedly–CNET goes hands on.
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/511336/the-rise-or-fall-of-the-tactus-keyboard/
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