Microsoft Hardware Demos Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard 212
Krystalo writes to tell us that Microsoft hardware has an interesting demo of a pressure-sensitive keyboard they have designed. While there are no currently announced plans to turn this into a shipping product, there are many cool uses that one could imagine a device like this providing. "The device will be put to use in the first annual Student Innovation Contest in Victoria, Canada, where contestants will be supplied with a keyboard prototype and challenged with developing new interactions for it. Contestants will demo their creations and attendees will vote for their favorite at the conference on October 5. $2,000 prizes will be given to the authors of programs deemed as the most useful, the best implementation, and the most innovative."
Another stroke of genious from MS (Score:2, Funny)
Just use it like a game controller. (Score:4, Funny)
Dammed! (Score:4, Funny)
What could go wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Rubber dome keys, keys do different things based on different pressures, extra useless features, won't be hard to type on at all.
Re:What could go wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Rubber dome keys, keys do different things based on different pressures, extra useless features, won't be hard to type on at all.
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Re:Another stroke of genious from MS (Score:5, Funny)
Clippy (Score:2, Funny)
Great, I can see it now. I sit down to type some angry letter to someone and Clippy is going to pop up:
"You seem to be pressing the keys very hard, are you upset?"
Its going to be the next Eliza.
Re:Gamer keyboard! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:emacs lovers' dream (Score:2, Funny)
for the love of god, please add code to close it when I bash the keyboard repeatedly.
I have mistakenly thought this functionality already existed.
Re:Another stroke of genious from MS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:emacs lovers' dream (Score:5, Funny)
"(light press)Meta-(hard press)Ctrl-(medium press)Shift-(hard press)C" automatically spell and grammar checks your document while giving you a light foot massage, but "(hard press)Meta-(medium press)Ctrl-(light press)Shift-(medium press)C" launches the missiles. That sort of thing.
Re:What's the point? (Score:4, Funny)
Quickstart guide included with your new Microsoft Natural Pressure Sensitive Bob Keyboard:
Pleasure Sensitive (Score:3, Funny)
I honestly read the summary title as "Microsoft Hardware Demos Pleasure Sensitive Keyboard".
Needless to say I was very disturbed...
Re:Gamer keyboard! (Score:1, Funny)
Playing Wing Commander and WCII with only a keyboard sucked. I could never line up properly on my strafing runs. This changes everything. I should reinstall DOS 6.0...
Re:Dammed! (Score:1, Funny)
No, but the psychiatrist version of Clippy will appear to help you finish writing you letter responsibly.
CTRL-ALT-DEL (Score:1, Funny)
@Windows
ctrl-alt-DEL DEL DEL DEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will respond at the level of anger of the user!!!!
Re:Another stroke of genious from MS (Score:4, Funny)
Parent was the fastest "+4 Funny" to "-0 Troll" to "fucking gone" post moderation I've ever seen on /.
What a waste of mod points.
Re:Dammed! (Score:5, Funny)
Apple has a patent on that.
1-key keyboard? (Score:5, Funny)
Excellent! Keyboards from now on will need only 1 key!
Re:Aren't all keyboards pressure sensitive (Score:4, Funny)
Amazingly enough, "velocity sensitive" keyboards respond to velocity, not pressure.
I don't care if the keyboard knows whether I'm bashing it or I'm throwing it across the room, so long as it knows I'm pissed off at it!
- RG>
Re:Pleasure Sensitive (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't that be a legitimate use of the keyboard? Would Microsoft pay $2000 for it?
gentle.. gentle.. gentle..
asdf... mmmm....
Harder! Firmer!
THERE!
HARDER! NOW! THE TILDE! THE TILDE! CARROT! YES!
Re:Another stroke of genious from MS (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Another stroke of genious from MS (Score:2, Funny)
Of course, it's sensitive to pressure... it gets pressured when you push its buttons... and then it starts shouting :)