TactaPad : Tactile Input Device
July 11th, 2005 | Filed under: Future, Products, Technology | 2 Comments »
User input devices, such as the keyboard and the mouse, are arguably the slowest evolving components to the personal computer. When will we have tactile touchscreens (Immersion Corp.) everywhere? The TactaPad (closer, but not yet available) adds the neglected sense of touch with simultaneous double handed manipulation of multiple objects in user interfaces. [demo]
[...] Computer techies should really look into doubling their efforts in developing touch-pads like the one below. First off, they look pretty cool, a mix of Matrix, Johny Mnemonic and other sci-fi films staring Keanu Reeves, but also because it looks like (with improvement) it could prove to be more comfortable than a rounded object named after a small mammal. [...]
I can say just one word…wow!!!