Glass Multi-touch keyboard and mouse

I know those tech-loving computer geeks who dream of a computer that give you the feel of digits drumming atop virtualized letters glowing out of slippery glass. This feel has until now been given by iPad and Microsoft Surface. Jason Gidding's Kickstarter project to develop multi-touch glass keyboards and mice can finally make those dreams of yours come true. The project has been fully funded and he expects to have them to market as early as April of the next year.
According to Jason, the concept is said to use existing technology to create something more advanced than current everyday gadgets. The design has been made to look simple yet elegant and  modernistic. The multi-touch peripherals have no wires and absolutely no moving parts. As the developer puts it, the gadgets are 'doughnut and coffee resistant'. This should make those computer freaks happy who have a habit of spilling something or the other over their keyboards or mouse.

Going technical, the face of each device is built using tempered glass supported by a metal base and some other components accommodating for existing technology. Powered by Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Batteries the gadgets feature tactile sounds and lighting that can be switched on or off. The entire concept utilizes Frustrated Total Internal Reflection which exploit the behaviour of infrared LEDs inside the glass surface, emitted from a point source. this is done by the diffracting or frustrating of the rays downwards, when the panel is contacted from above. the camera on the underlying surface then detects theser rays and the software configurations perform the necessary functions.

The most interesting thing about these gizmos, espescially to developers, is that the functions are customizable as an open source software is being employed since it is being the most difficult part in integrating into the OS. This is done in order to give tinkerers the ability to continue to tweak the experience.



Reported by Gizmodo, the concept devices currently feature on Kickstarter for fundraising purposes. The project requires $50,000 (approx. Rs.2,601,000) by January 1, to help them reach the production process. You can still donate $250 for a keyboard, $150 for a mouse or $350 for both though. Or you can simply keep dreaming of how good it would be to have a keyboard that cookie-chunks can't get stuck between the keys of. You toilet-seat laptop users know what I mean.

Source: Tech Gadgets