Art. Lebedev Exposes Touchscreen Concept Keyboard

[zCexVe]

Art. Lebedev Studio today prototyped a keyboard design that could stand in as a completely flexible display. The Optimus Tactus would improve on the yet to be shipped Maximus keyboard with touch input. Instead of an OLED screen built into every key, the Tactus would use one giant touchscreen that would not only permit keys to change in size and function, but would also allow features such as video playback overlay. As a matter of fact the release date for Tactus is set to be 01.01.2008, but the keyboard is still considered a concept and may not be released ever.
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/

 

[zCexVe]

How do you like this guys/gals???Girls would love this for sure.

 

[GTRZ]

Nice one but will take years to come to the market. And i don't think it'll come as a keyboard. It will be like a slim computer which has only the screen as the human input device. Something like MS Surface in mobile version.

 

[manappu]

nice....

 

[coolioWiZ]

Heard about this keyboard before. Nice concept coz it would permit several languages on an uncluttered interface. This is a step towards an interactive keyboard which could be controlled by programs.
ie: like a wordprocessor program displaying the alphabetical keys and an image editing program displaying graphics processing options on the keys