deskthority

Thought others might be interested in this:

http://www.cnet.com/news/darfons-super- ... n-slimmer/

I like the idea of a keyboard that has dynamically adjustable resistance. Not too sure how I would like the feel though...

This concept came up over at geekhack:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54900.0

I don't think any of us were expecting it to become commercial reality.

Still, magnetic field gradients should be a lot smoother than rubber domes, and laptop keyboards all too often suck. I suspect ageing plays a part in that, as the rubber degrades, and maglev switches will presumably just weaken with time as the permanent magnets lose magnetism, rather than change force curve.

Paralel wrote:Thought others might be interested in this:

http://www.cnet.com/news/darfons-super- ... n-slimmer/

I like the idea of a keyboard that has dynamically adjustable resistance. Not too sure how I would like the feel though...

Fascinating. Very interesting indeed.

Is it in production or is this just standard issue PR fluff?

Always thought somebody should try to pull this off in a keyboard. Then again maybe that's exactly what the solenoids in the old beam springs were trying to do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk-ExWeA03Y

If these aren't on macbooks on the next cycle i will be very surprised.

Muirium wrote:Is it in production or is this just standard issue PR fluff?

From what the article said it sounds like it should be appearing in the not too distant future in production products.

If electromagnets are used then I think it should be possible to press all keys when the keyboard is off and the laptop is closed, and raise them to a higher profile than otherwise when the laptop is switched on. ... But I don't see that they are doing that.