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Microsoft Hardware Demos Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wtb-vi-plugin-for-this-device dept.

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."

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  1. Come on... by Bobfrankly1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can't believe no one has made a musical keyboard comment yet...On the other hand, it seems we just keep getting closer and closer to LCARS.

  2. Re:Another stroke of genious from MS by digitalunity · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can imagine a large variety of useful ways to use pressure sensitive keys in gaming and media editing. Specifically, with applying paint tools in GIMP or Photoshop.

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  3. Re:Another stroke of genious from MS by Razalhague · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Then all we need is a pressure sensitive mouse. Or do they already exist? I'm not talking about tablets, a simple mouse with pressure sensitive buttons would be a lot cheaper than any tablet of reasonable size.