Comments on: Multitouch desktop keyboard

By: silkcom

silkcom — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:52:00 +0000

If you could make it for $100 then I would definately buy it. I love the idea of building in the mouse like that. I’d like to see a few physical “dots” on the keyboard like are on the f and j keys already.

Better yet, create an interface for an existing tablet to do just this so that people can use it now.

By: FrogPad

FrogPad — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:03:04 +0000

actually you are right, the hardware FrogPad does just that.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:23 +0000

YES!!!! I would run and buy it ASAP and so would millions of others with carpal tunnel wrist injuries from computers!

By: FrogPad

FrogPad — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:21:32 +0000

I am including the video of the one handed SoftFrog on tablets and iPhone. These are both in Alpha stage, yet are working very well. Because the FrogPad IP is multi touch, we are using both multi touch and single touch technologies on our SoftFrog. FrogPad is now a proven User Interface.

This is the alternative/additional user interface for all Multi Touch applications.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te9O8HavQpQ

By: FoxJudsf

FoxJudsf — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:20:05 +0000

Good, interesting article, but where took information?

By: Geoff Steckel

Geoff Steckel — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:48:00 +0000

There was a company which made the exact thing you describe – FingerWorks. They sold a combination keyboard-mouse which recognized quite a few gestures (double-right-click, control-shift-uparrow, etc., etc.). They disappeared and their patents were bought up. I suspect this is the enabling technology for all of the multitouch objects being made now. I -really- wish they were still in business. I loved the no-pressure-required typing. It was MUCH easier on my fingers than the mandated 50gram pressure keyboards available now.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:49:49 +0000

I’m not 100% sure this would work properly, any touch screen device would do what you wan’t it to do every time. Human fingers are clumsy and Haptic feedback isn’t good enough yet. I should know I have a touch screen phone and the so called “Haptic feedback” just feels like the phone is vibrating, it doesn’t feel like a button in any way shape or form. All it does if go “yes you pressed a key and I registered it” but not “You pressed the right key”.

By: nomoreideas

nomoreideas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:25:52 +0000

….after a bit more searching…
i found this :

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/

and this (which is exactly what i meant) :

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/20/negroponte-unveils-2nd-generation-olpc-laptop-its-an-e-book/

well…
i guess there really are…
“no more ideas”.

good luck though!!

By: nomoreideas

nomoreideas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:15:50 +0000

wow wow wow…..
ive been talking about this idea for a very very long time.. and since im just a poor guy hanging out i never DID anything about it. so today i just did some random searches and found this!!
my idea was from the movie “Minority Report”
and the way tom cruise’s character interacted with the screen was great. then apple did their touch stuff. and now microsoft has a giant table top sized one.(ah and dont forget the PDAs)
anyway my idea (in my mind) was basically a
two screen laptop sized …thing.
the top screen is the basic display as most laptops.
but instead of a keyboard and mouse place..
we have a touch screen. (like a giant PDA or ipod) so since its actually a display we could have it be a mirror of the top display
or we could let it switch to a very long single display.
i noticed people (who dont know better) love to try to touch the screen on my laptop.
so this would let them just touch the bottom screen.
also i use A LOT of internet but not much
typing (until today). so opening and closing
web pages… or surfing with a finger
(really point and click) would be great.
plus there are already touch keyboard software
all over the place. so when we want to type
we just turn on the program, and type away.
and yes of course there should be a
desktop version. (giant 17″ PDA) connected
by whatever signal you want. sell that for
500$ and yup…. ill buy it.
put it in a laptop… i think it would be all over.
call it a “touchboard” and have apple and the PCs install it like Intel.
just my thoughts.

By: lfabiani

lfabiani — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:20:39 +0000

I had this same idea and was looking around when I found your blog. I’ve though some improvements over the basic idea and would like to tell you. I don’t have the technology to development them but, if you can, I’m sure you’ll like what I have to tell. Please email me.

Best regards.