Read more.A super-thin keyboard prototype was demonstrated by Darfon at Computex.
Read more.A super-thin keyboard prototype was demonstrated by Darfon at Computex.
Would never buy it, same way I have trouble with low profile keyboards and touch screen keyboards, my fingers need to feel the keys for touch typing.
I would love to see an Android phone with a slide out keyboard with this.
Mind you, this tech is probably still far too thick for a sliding keyboard.
I think this will be interesting and I am anxious to see this. Mainly because I have to buy a laptop next year for my schools BYOD
Before I got my first laptop I remember being worried the low-profile/low-travel keys would be hard to type on, but now I find most other keyboards cumbersome and clunky. Hopefully this will be similar, the ability to customise the resistance is definitely interesting. Cost might be a worry, especially as Darfon don't seem to have mentioned that bit...
I wonder if it would be possible to have an ultra-ultra-thin maglev keyboard with keys in the 'down' position when a laptop is shut, which then raises/levitates the keys up to a normal travel height when the lid is lifted and the keyboard powered up...or is that the whole idea of this in the first place?
How much of the batteries would something like this drain ? isn't powering 100+ electromagnets going to chew into the run time from each charge.
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The keyboard on the MBPr is rubbish, and so are MX Blues. I can't touch type on either. Best keyboard I've used is on a HP G62. Even the older MBP keyboards were better. I'm fine sacrificing a few mm for a better, no, much better typing experience.
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I guess you won't be using a spinning rust disk on a superthin laptop anyway, so you might get away with magnets next to your machine
ooohhh, i love slim keyboards, and fancy new tech.
also if the keys do stop levitating when shut down, than that means they could do fancy power-on keyboard animations
This product is stupid because thin keyboards with no travel are stupid.
But the technology has merit. Imagine a keyboard with a custom tactile feedback curve.
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