Preview of Synaptics's Next Generation Input Devices 54
crookedvulture writes "Next year, Synaptics's ForcePad will bring pressure sensitivity to touchpads. It can track five fingers independently, each with up to a kilogram of effective force in precise 15-gram increments. This look at Synaptics' next-gen input tech goes hands-on with with ForcePad, among other new PC inputs. The ultra-slim ThinTouch keyboard, recently acquired through the purchase of Pacinian, combines secretive switches with a side order of capacitive touch. And then there's the latest in touchscreens, the ClearPad Series 4, which purportedly cuts tracking latency by 70%. That's captured on high-speed camera at 240 frames per second."
Click harder (Score:5, Funny)
So "click harder" will be a valid solution, now, so that the computer can finally understand urgency. Great!
Who need synaptic? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:nice(1) by touch (Score:5, Funny)
So "click harder" will be a valid solution, now, so that the computer can finally understand urgency.
How long until someone makes a window manager that allows pressure to control the priority of a window's process?
That sounds terrible. Call the GNOME developers!
Re:Touch sensitive space bar? (Score:5, Funny)
A 10kg dumbbell in the face sure feels forceful. (Score:3, Funny)
But your Honor! I wasn't applying unreasonable force when I bashed the perp's head with a 10kg dumbbell! I was merely applying unreasonable weight!