Japanese firm demos tech that makes any object a capacitive touch surface — stuffed cat on display, works with wood, ceramic, and plasterboard, too

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So we can use a real mouse as a mouse

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  • Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t want to go back to cleaning mouse balls.

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    • superkret@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s easier when you remove them first.

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    • brrt@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have mice with frickin’ laser beams attached to their crotches!

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  • CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Baseball ball mouse

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• superkret@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use my cat as a touch surface every day.

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  • bruhduh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    She will use you as a scratch surface everyday

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• Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  great get me some machine washable keyboard pants.

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  • variants@possumpat.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The tapXR can let you type anywhere supposedly

    www.tapwithus.com

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    • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How? Is it a lazer projection or do you need to wiggle your knuckles funny to spell out words

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• clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I bet the first successful commercial use will be related to pr0n

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• treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would love a wooden touchpad. That would feel so nice.

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s cool. But still waiting for shape-shifting displays for accessibility and better typing.

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    While it is not shape-shifting, I’ve experienced a touch screen where you actually could “feel bumps”. Depending on your fingers position, it vibrates in a way that makes you “feel” a bump or ridge. It was amazing.

    Like entering a PIN: You close your eyes and put a finger on the screen. The code centers a numeric keyboard at this position so you are on the “5”. You can move your fingers up, and you can feel a “ridge” when moving to the “2” field. You move left and feel a ridge when moving to the “1” field. If you move back to the “5”, you can feel the “bump”, and it differs from the feel of the “ridge”. Once you are on the right field, you lift your finger and bring it down again to select this number. If you leave it off a bit longer, it just re-centers the keypad to the “5” position.

    Of course this only works with one finger, but it is absolutely amazing how convincing this is, especially if you close your eyes.

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• variants@possumpat.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Neat

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