Re:Buttons that morph out of the surface of the device.
by saulrh on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @01:46AM
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It's a bit of a bummer because it's trivial and boring. It almost looks like it's just a touchscreen with pockets on the front that you blow compressed air into. The fact that this is getting so much attention - and the fact that it's wasting some of our time in the process - is kind of annoying.
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Re:Buttons that morph out of the surface of the device.
by sanjiallblue on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @04:29AM
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I feel like people like you complained when the first computers were invented because they were slow. This is haptic technology progressing and just the fact that it's getting major media attention is amazing since on-demand haptic feedback is the biggest presence missing from digital technology. Touch is just such a fundamental part of the human experience that anything that advances the technology that gets us to that implementation should be celebrated and here you are declaring it annoying?
It boggles the mind...
Re:Buttons that morph out of the surface of the device.
by warfangle on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:20PM
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Electrostatic haptic feedback looks much, much, much more promising. Toshiba demo'd it two years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j...
Re:Buttons that morph out of the surface of the device.
by kalleboo on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:59PM
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That looks amazing, I wonder why it hasn't been commercialized yet. Too expensive?
Re:Buttons that morph out of the surface of the device.
by saulrh on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @05:46AM
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This isn't a prototype computer. This is a prototype relay that can only open. If they'd given their engineers just two more months they'd have been able to show off a grid of pixels - something that would work in multiple orientations with arbitrary UI elements. Show me the full relay and an adder and I'll be happy.