The I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard

avtchillsboro writes, "The NY Times has a rather fluffy article (registration required) about stuff you can buy to 'accessorize' your smart phone & or cell phone (so passé!). What caught my eye was the I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard. From the vendor's website: 'The Virtual Laser Keyboard (VKB) uses both infrared and laser technology to generate an invisible field and project a full-size virtual QWERTY keyboard on any surface... The I-Tech VKB reacts exactly like a real keyboard. Direction technology based on optical recognition enables the user to tap the images of the keys, complete with realistic tapping sounds(!), which feeds into the compatible PDA, Smartphone, laptop, or PC. Note: The VKB is both PC and Macintosh compatible!'"

Comments

Old Tech

[kthejoker]

I booked this to my del.icio.us on February 8, 2005, and it's just now hitting Slashdot front pages? I'm not that far ahead of the curve, I promise.

Re:This is very very VERY old news.

[LiquidCoooled]

The guy who got one of these in 2003 was arrested whilst using one on a plane to submit the article.
His computer went into standby at a critical moment and upon his release from gitmo powered up his laptop and allowed the submission to go through.

Please note that the poster or his dell laptop cannot be located, however there is a strong burning smell coming from his apartment.

Re:This is very very VERY old news.

[pimpimpim]

Unfortunately, this sounds like a realistic and plausible explanation.

Not to worry

[Noksagt]

There was a dupe back in 2003 too!

Re:Not to worry

[joe 155]

don't worry, that was essentially a dupe too http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/14/182825 3

First recall

[edwardpickman]

"Sony anounced today a recall of their ultra high power laser keyboards. After several unfortunate power surges resulted in lost fingers they felt a recall was wise."

Re:First recall

[sowth]

Oh, come on. Everyone knows Sony wouldn't recall for that. It needs to explode first, then chop off your fingers.

Re:Magic Touch

[Anonymous Coward]

I dont see the problem here. You can just project onto a real keyboard if you need the tactile feedback.

Re:They suck

[thegnu]

That thing is about as useful as a steering wheal made out of dreams.

Is that like the one they're steering this country with?

Re:Hi, welcome to 2003

[AxminsterLeuven]

This is old. I have couple of these taped to the heads of my friggin' sharks for two years now.