Re: Optimus Tactus

["Samuel Baldwin" <user=1502@nabble.blu.org>]

 2008/2/5, Brendan Kidwell <[hidden email]>: 
> 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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