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Offline keymaster

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CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 22:52:27 »
I saw this posted on Reddit and thought I should share.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20970928

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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 22:58:28 »
Quote from: keymaster on Sun, 13 January 2013, 22:52:27
I saw this posted on Reddit and thought I should share.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20970928

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Hmm...... that's neat... not sure I want that layer though at the cost of image quality no doubt.
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:00:00 »
I read about them a while ago, although back then they were focusing on braille writing to enable blind users to use phones/tablets or ultimately make a device made especially to help just then. I wonder if they dropped it for some reason. I kind of liked the idea.
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:09:57 »
I'd rather type on a flat screen than bumps like that. What'd I'd REALLY like to see is a screen that has the keys slightly depress when striking them. That would be revolutionary.
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:26:17 »
Mind=F^cking Blown
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:27:59 »
Quote from: daerid on Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:09:57
I'd rather type on a flat screen than bumps like that. What'd I'd REALLY like to see is a screen that has the keys slightly depress when striking them. That would be revolutionary.

In a sense the BlackBerry storm achieved this, albeit one key.....
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Re: Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:43:35 »
Quote from: Turbo Slaab on Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:27:59
Quote from: daerid on Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:09:57
I'd rather type on a flat screen than bumps like that. What'd I'd REALLY like to see is a screen that has the keys slightly depress when striking them. That would be revolutionary.

In a sense the BlackBerry storm achieved this, albeit one key.....
My roommate had one, I thought it was the neatest thing.
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 14 January 2013, 00:06:31 »
Yeah, but I'm talking the whole keyboard, with individually depress-able keys.
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 14 January 2013, 00:10:02 »
Quote from: xDezor on Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:43:35
Quote from: Turbo Slaab on Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:27:59
Quote from: daerid on Sun, 13 January 2013, 23:09:57
I'd rather type on a flat screen than bumps like that. What'd I'd REALLY like to see is a screen that has the keys slightly depress when striking them. That would be revolutionary.

In a sense the BlackBerry storm achieved this, albeit one key.....
My roommate had one, I thought it was the neatest thing.

I had one as well and it really was cool, until the floating screen attracted so much dust underneath that after a while you couldn't use the screen.
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Re: CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 14 January 2013, 03:10:39 »
that is pretty cool though imo not all that useful. I wonder how will they handle the flipping of the screen because it seems like the bumps are placed only in one side of the device and a static.
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