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Okay, this is just plain sick! I want this on my Android phone!
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New touchscreen allows physical buttons to appear and disappear on command.
Tactus Technology has created a new touchscreen layer that allows physical buttons to appear or disappear instantaneously.
The smartphone keyboard is back. No, RIM hasn’t released a new BlackBerry. This is something far better and more futuristic than we could have imagined.
At the SID Display Week in Boston today, Tactus Technology unveiled its new tactile touchscreen technology, which allow physical buttons to rise up, or disappear from the screen instantaneously. The buttons can take nearly any shape, which Tactus says will allow device manufacturers to create gadgets with entirely new form factors. The company boasts that this is the “world’s first” such technology to provide this next-generation feature.
The Tactus Tactile Layer is not itself a touchscreen. Instead, it is a a thin component that fits over top of the touchscreens already on smartphones and tablets. Tactus says the Tactile Layer, which must be installed and optimized by device makers, is thin enough that it does not add any noticable girth to a smartphone or tablet.
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New touchscreen allows physical buttons to appear and disappear on command.
Tactus Technology has created a new touchscreen layer that allows physical buttons to appear or disappear instantaneously.
The smartphone keyboard is back. No, RIM hasn’t released a new BlackBerry. This is something far better and more futuristic than we could have imagined.
At the SID Display Week in Boston today, Tactus Technology unveiled its new tactile touchscreen technology, which allow physical buttons to rise up, or disappear from the screen instantaneously. The buttons can take nearly any shape, which Tactus says will allow device manufacturers to create gadgets with entirely new form factors. The company boasts that this is the “world’s first” such technology to provide this next-generation feature.
The Tactus Tactile Layer is not itself a touchscreen. Instead, it is a a thin component that fits over top of the touchscreens already on smartphones and tablets. Tactus says the Tactile Layer, which must be installed and optimized by device makers, is thin enough that it does not add any noticable girth to a smartphone or tablet.
Complete Story (with video)
