Microsoft Hardware Demos Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard

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."

Comments

Re:What could go wrong

[dr_wheel]

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

[Tim4444]

aha! finally a keyboard that can make everything uppercase when i'm shouting at you!! i mean SHOUTING AT YOU!!!!

Re:Pleasure Sensitive

[ink]

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!