Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Contest Winners Show Potential For Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard

Posted by timothy on from the more-input-is-good dept.

Chris Harrison writes "About a month ago, Microsoft sent out prototype pressure sensitive keyboards to 40 international teams. They had four weeks to hack and cobble together some cool ideas. The innovation contest that centered around the keyboards released the winners last night (after a voting period Monday night at the ACM UIST conference). Some pretty neat ideas, ranging from pressure-sensitive password entry (Safelock), magnetic pens for cursor control (Hidden Forces), and even cool climbing (Rock Climbing) and land-deformation games (BallMeR)."

15 of 129 comments (clear)

  1. There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every keyboard I've ever used did something when I pressed on it. Except the broken ones.

    --
    Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
    1. Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Funny

      Here's a nickle. Buy yourself a sense of humor.

      --
      Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
    2. Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by 4D6963 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Could the synapses of that brain you've used recognize humour?

      Yeah, I thought not. At least read the guy's /signature/, for crying out loud, even if this is /.

      --
      You just got troll'd!
    3. Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here's a quartre. Buy yourself a dictionary.

    4. Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by agnosticnixie · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here's a diem, seize it.

    5. Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by Anpheus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Here's a carp, I couldn't be bothered to teach you how to fish, so I leave it as an exercise to the eater.

    6. Re:There are pressure insensitive keyboards? by Procasinator · · Score: 2, Funny

      Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you ruin a great business opportunity.

  2. BallMer by LtGordon · · Score: 3, Funny

    A land deformation game named BallMer? I see we've moved from chair-throwing straight to the fat jokes.

  3. Re:What are recovery options? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or, even simpler - typing with one hand because of holding a coffee mug in another.

    *cough* Yeah, because they're holding a coffee mug. That's the ticket. One hand because of coffee mug. *cough*

  4. Re:Slashdot joke nirvana by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, if you RTFA, it turns out that you insert chairs into the playing field by pressing down on various areas of the keyboard, which is mapped into the game world. These chairs then repel the developer. The challenge is to position the chairs so that the developers are directed towards the Googles at either end of the playing field.

  5. Better name by ciderVisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    They should have called the rock climbing game Ballmer Peak.

    --
    Squirrel!
  6. Re:What are recovery options? by zippthorne · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but now everyone knows your password is 'stewardesses'

    --
    Can you be Even More Awesome?!
  7. Re:Bit pitfall ahead by Firehed · · Score: 2, Funny

    What? WHAT WAS THAT? I couldn't hear you over all that damn clicking!

    --
    How are sites slashdotted when nobody reads TFAs?
  8. The future by ceoyoyo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, so the future of pressure sensitive keyboards is gimmicks. Good to know.

  9. security update by NovaHorizon · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't wait till I see a password policy that says "Please remember passwords are case sensitive, and must be accurate to .02 newtons per key"

    --
    Defective Logic