Happy Sunday folks!
Through the Windows Club, I found an interesting site (if you like looking at all sorts of new fangled stuff): Kickstarter.
These are folks looking for investors… no matter (but best of luck to these creators!).
I also found http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1116966310/multi-touch-keyboard-and-mouse?ref=video the vid there looks larger than on the Windows Club.
So what is it? It’s a “high quality, tempered glass keyboard and mouse”. It works on an old principle: “Frustrated total internal reflection” (FTIR).
There are those who remember their high school physics and “total internal reflection” (TIR), which is light being bounced around endlessly in an
object with an interface between the outside and itself which reflects light. Well, FTIR means that altering that reflective surface will cause the TIR to be interrupted.
So, when a finger interrupts the FTIR at point “A” (keyboard or mouse), the infra-red light exits from the lower glass surface and is detected by the camera and transmitted
wirelessly to your computer, same as a wireless mouse (laser or not).
I think this is cool… cleaner keyboards which are rechargeable and appear pretty sturdy. The parts (IR LED, PCB circuit board) can wear out, and it had better be extremely scratch resistant…. but it’s still cool. Right now, if you wanted both it would cost $350, and it’s not in production.
As of now, there are “deals” for backers… you can check them out, if you want. I am not advocating this as an investment: That’s not the purpose of this article.
The vid is good quality and illustrates it well. The kickstart website is one I’ll be cruising from time to time to bring you stuff that looks good to me.
Hope you’re having a great weekend!