Imagine a trackpad that's more than that. Which is also a tablet, keyboard, piano and electronic drum. And imagine it being so sensitive to touch that you could draw on it with a brush, a real brush, which would turn his strokes into digital art. It sounds a little too utopian, but that's exactly what the Sensel Morph promises, a versatile scrolling pad that can transform into just about any input device you can imagine.
The team Sensel tries with intelligent touchpad Sensel Morph replace archaic peripherals mouse and keyboard. Jee is flexible, upgradeable and easy to catch all the nuances and expressions of our hands. It may look like another touchpad (it's about the size of an iPad), but it's actually hidden under the skating surface 20 thousand pressure-sensitive tactile sensors (Apple technology Force Touch can hide from it) that are capable of recognizing any type of hand force/pressure. Thus, it not only recognizes where the fingers or the pen are located, but also how hard we push. It is even so precise that it detects brush bristles!
And how can you get at them you play the piano, but when there are no piano keys or do you type when there are no keys? There are special ones for this purpose flexible thin coatings ("overlays"), which Sensel Morph automatically recognizes (they are fixed with the help of a magnet, and the software inside them ensures that the touchpad adapts to the "content"). They are kind of physical applications for piano, keyboard, mixer, game board, painting canvas, etc. (10 will be available initially). At the same time, the sensitivity of the surface, which is almost soft to the touch like leather, doesn't lose, so you can play the piano quieter or louder depending on how hard you hit/press the piano keys (if you want all 88 keys, just think of more Morphs and Overlays).
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Connect Sensel Morph to your computer via USB cable, and can also "communicate" via technology with a tablet or phone Bluetooth. With the exception of the sensors, the "organs" of the tablet, which will dramatically change the way we communicate with technology, are hidden under a silver casing. In his bowels we find so lithium polymer battery (provides a week of autonomy, and in standby mode for a whole month), wireless technology and series LED lights. The device can for (calculated) 220 euros pre-order on Kickstarter, where she has already transferred financial threshold (60 thousand US dollars) to start mass production.
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