Contest Winners Show Potential For Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard 129
Chris Harrison writes "About a month ago, Microsoft sent out prototype pressure sensitive keyboards to 40 international teams. They had four weeks to hack and cobble together some cool ideas. The innovation contest that centered around the keyboards released the winners last night (after a voting period Monday night at the ACM UIST conference). Some pretty neat ideas, ranging from pressure-sensitive password entry (Safelock), magnetic pens for cursor control (Hidden Forces), and even cool climbing (Rock Climbing) and land-deformation games (BallMeR)."
There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:5, Funny)
Every keyboard I've ever used did something when I pressed on it. Except the broken ones.
Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:5, Funny)
Here's a nickle. Buy yourself a sense of humor.
BallMer (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What are recovery options? (Score:4, Funny)
Or, even simpler - typing with one hand because of holding a coffee mug in another.
*cough* Yeah, because they're holding a coffee mug. That's the ticket. One hand because of coffee mug. *cough*
Re:Slashdot joke nirvana (Score:1, Funny)
Well, if you RTFA, it turns out that you insert chairs into the playing field by pressing down on various areas of the keyboard, which is mapped into the game world. These chairs then repel the developer. The challenge is to position the chairs so that the developers are directed towards the Googles at either end of the playing field.
Better name (Score:3, Funny)
They should have called the rock climbing game Ballmer Peak [xkcd.com].
Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:3, Funny)
Could the synapses of that brain you've used recognize humour?
Yeah, I thought not. At least read the guy's /signature/, for crying out loud, even if this is /.
Re:What are recovery options? (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, but now everyone knows your password is 'stewardesses'
Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:5, Funny)
Here's a quartre. Buy yourself a dictionary.
Re:Bit pitfall ahead (Score:3, Funny)
What? WHAT WAS THAT? I couldn't hear you over all that damn clicking!
The future (Score:4, Funny)
Ah, so the future of pressure sensitive keyboards is gimmicks. Good to know.
security update (Score:3, Funny)
I can't wait till I see a password policy that says "Please remember passwords are case sensitive, and must be accurate to .02 newtons per key"
Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:5, Funny)
Here's a diem, seize it.
Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:5, Funny)
Here's a carp, I couldn't be bothered to teach you how to fish, so I leave it as an exercise to the eater.
Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? (Score:2, Funny)