Microsoft's Adaptive Touchscreen Keyboard 77
ramandeeps noted a Microsoft research project on an adaptive keyboard that is essentially a touchscreen that updates to make it easier to keep complex keybindings to a minimum. This is part of the 2010 Student Innovation Contest, so if you want one and happen to be a student, you can sign up to do research on the device.
Seen before ... (Score:1, Informative)
Haven't we seen this before?
I'm not only referring to having seen this kind of technology in a keyboard [artlebedev.com] before.
I am also asking, have we not seen before, time and time again, Microsoft copying someone else's technology and claiming it to be their own major exclusive new super-invention? ...
Enter By Tomorrow (Score:5, Informative)
The goal of the contest is to develop new interactions on unique hardware that you cannot get anywhere else. We supply you with the special hardware and you show us how innovative you can be with it. ...
To reserve a place in the contest and to receive an Adaptive keyboard for development, contestants must submit an entry email to the contest chair no later than August 17th, 2010.
You also have to return the keyboard by October, so it's not yours forever. http://www.acm.org/uist/uist2010/Student_Contest.html [acm.org]
Re:Seen before ... (Score:3, Informative)
Kind of like that, except with transparent mechanical keys sitting on top.