iKeyboard, is a new Kickstarter project which could finally offer a solution to the difficulties of typing on the iPad.
My solution is to provide the feedback missing from a virtual keyboard by "grafting," or piggybacking, a real keyboard onto the screen. My invention—the iKeyboard—will sit atop the virtual keyboard and be lightweight. It will add little bulk and not increase the footprint of the tablet. It will be easy and fast to deploy and remove.The iKeyboard will improve accuracy and typing speed, letting tablet users do real writing. It will set the brain free. In certain settings—the lecture hall, the library, the classroom—the iKeyboard will be an essential tool rather than just a useful accessory.
Working with IDEAZ, the iKeyboard's inventor, Cliff Thier, has managed to match the feel of a physical Apple keyboard.
The designers at IDEAZ have managed to match the force required to depress a key on the iKeyboard to the force needed to depress a key on an Apple keyboard. They’ve also succeeded in making the iKeyboard's keys travel a distance equal to that of Apple keys. We now have a fully functional prototype that works pretty well.The highest hurdles have been jumped.
You can contribute to the project to be one of the first recipients of the iKeyboard. The project has already raised over double its funding goal of $4000.
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My solution is to provide the feedback missing from a virtual keyboard by "grafting," or piggybacking, a real keyboard onto the screen. My invention—the iKeyboard—will sit atop the virtual keyboard and be lightweight. It will add little bulk and not increase the footprint of the tablet. It will be easy and fast to deploy and remove.The iKeyboard will improve accuracy and typing speed, letting tablet users do real writing. It will set the brain free. In certain settings—the lecture hall, the library, the classroom—the iKeyboard will be an essential tool rather than just a useful accessory.
Working with IDEAZ, the iKeyboard's inventor, Cliff Thier, has managed to match the feel of a physical Apple keyboard.
The designers at IDEAZ have managed to match the force required to depress a key on the iKeyboard to the force needed to depress a key on an Apple keyboard. They’ve also succeeded in making the iKeyboard's keys travel a distance equal to that of Apple keys. We now have a fully functional prototype that works pretty well.The highest hurdles have been jumped.
You can contribute to the project to be one of the first recipients of the iKeyboard. The project has already raised over double its funding goal of $4000.
Read More