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Preview of Synaptics's Next Generation Input Devices

Posted by Unknown on from the use-the-forcepad-bill dept.

crookedvulture writes "Next year, Synaptics's ForcePad will bring pressure sensitivity to touchpads. It can track five fingers independently, each with up to a kilogram of effective force in precise 15-gram increments. This look at Synaptics' next-gen input tech goes hands-on with with ForcePad, among other new PC inputs. The ultra-slim ThinTouch keyboard, recently acquired through the purchase of Pacinian, combines secretive switches with a side order of capacitive touch. And then there's the latest in touchscreens, the ClearPad Series 4, which purportedly cuts tracking latency by 70%. That's captured on high-speed camera at 240 frames per second."

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  1. Click harder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So "click harder" will be a valid solution, now, so that the computer can finally understand urgency. Great!

  2. Who need synaptic? by c0lo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... isn't apt-get good enough?

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  3. Re:nice(1) by touch by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 4, Funny

    So "click harder" will be a valid solution, now, so that the computer can finally understand urgency.

    How long until someone makes a window manager that allows pressure to control the priority of a window's process?

    That sounds terrible. Call the GNOME developers!

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  4. Re:Touch sensitive space bar? by viperidaenz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find not touching the touch pad when I don't want the cursor move a good solution.

  5. A 10kg dumbbell in the face sure feels forceful. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But your Honor! I wasn't applying unreasonable force when I bashed the perp's head with a 10kg dumbbell! I was merely applying unreasonable weight!