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Microsoft UnMouse Pad Prototype is Paper Thin, Pressure Sensitive, Multitouch on Steroids

The UnMouse Pad is like the MacBook Air/Pro's multitouch trackpad on steroids. On display at the Microsoft Research Summit (which also housed the Microsoft Sphere), this Joint project between Microsoft and NYU utilizes Force-Sensing Resistors to create one giant, mouse pad-sized circuit. More »

two-in-one

EzKEY Keypad Mouse, for Number Crunchers on the Go

This EzKEY combo mouse and keypad might be just what you're looking for if you're on the road, suddenly need to add a long list of numbers, and your laptop doesn't have a keypad. Just flip up the top as you would open your car's trunk, and there you have a keypad to do some quick number crunching. Flip it down, and it works and feels just like any other mouse. More »

waiting for lebedev

Optimus Maximus Keyboard Pre-Order Countdown Begins (Get Yours Saturday)


As tired as we're getting of this on-again, off-again story, we might as well give you an update on that ambitious Optimus Maximus keyboard, the $1564 piece of vaporware that aims to have an OLED display underneath every key. More »

interface

The Keywheel Concept

So Microth seems to think that their new technology they've dreamt up is somehow so unique and awesome that they had to publish it on their site IMMEDIATELY. It's called The Keywheel and it's an input device concept in which you'd use Apple's a click wheel to input letters and numbers to a device. Basically it's like an old rotary phone, you move the wheel to a precise location to get that letter or number. Simple enough, right? If you ask me, I'd say it's a good idea for the cellphone market and nothing else. I just can't see how it'd work better than hitting a button a certain number of times though. More »