Re: [Heads Up:] OLED Buttons
Yes, the Optimus people have a 'concept' page on their site where they show a keyboard that's totally flat and devoid of mechanical linkages, ie no buttons at all. The visible surface can then take any image. 'Special' keyboards, oversize keys, machine control panels and music keyboards come to mind. That unit will probably have to have some firmware, or a simple 'language' that can be uploaded to define regions. FYI, the small version has been out for a year or so. The Optimus keyboard, only three or four months. Right after they rolled out the full KB, either GE or Westinghouse announced that they had a new, cheaper way to manufacture OLED's in sheets, which will make this sort of input device much more cost-effective. In situations such as ours, where we have legacy applications that make heavy use of function keys in terminal application software, this brings a wonderful way to transition to new technology because we can simply and easily update each display, which means that folks will quickly be able to see what it is they are pressing, and therefore will hit fewer wrong keys. ___ -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [Heads Up:] OLED Buttons
FYI, the small version has been out for a year or so. The Optimus keyboard, only three or four months. Right after they rolled out the full KB, either GE or Westinghouse announced that they had a new, cheaper way to manufacture OLED's in sheets, which will make this sort of input device much more cost-effective. In situations such as ours, where we have legacy applications that make heavy use of function keys in terminal application software, this brings a wonderful way to transition to new technology because we can simply and easily update each display, which means that folks will quickly be able to see what it is they are pressing, and therefore will hit fewer wrong keys. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [Heads Up:] OLED Buttons
Oh, they have finally released this! Some time ago Art. Lebedev studio offered to pre-order their keyboards when the final product was just in a stage of concept. Its good to see they have succeeded. When I saw their Optimus Maximus concept the first thought was that it would be much simpler to use touch-sensitive lcd screen and to display any keyboard on it. One could even get "real" 3D buttons with a lenticular or parallax barrier screen and a feeling of "click feedback" via vibration on touch. Their last concept seems to be close to this, but not there yet... Viktoras Stephen Barncard wrote: Here's a line of new HUI devices for human input... those involved in KIOSKS and super-custom and multi-lingual applications might want to know about these... Awesome... each button on the keyboard has a little CPU and a 48x48 color screen. http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/ they have a 3 button version, a little affordable one, APIs available http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-mini/ and a kiosk big button thing n- expandable http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-upravlator/ this is on the drawing board http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
