May 6th, 2013

Tactus And Synaptics Create A Reference Tablet For OEMs With An Amazing, Disappearing Keyboard

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One of the most impressive things we happened upon at CES this year was the Tactus keyboard, a special fluid-filled layer that could be baked into a tablet or smartphone to provide users with a physical keyboard that could recede back into the screen when it wasn’t needed.

Since then the company has been flying under the radar, but it turns out Tactus has been hard at work on a prototype… → Read More

January 13th, 2013

Hands-On: Tactus Technology Gives Flat Touchscreens The Middle Finger With Pop-Up Buttons

This actually works. I touched it. I played with it. And I fantasized about a bubble wrap app.

Tactus Technology stopped by our CES booth for a short demo of its crazy touch screen technology. Using microfluid technology (and a bit of magic), Tactus’s solution produces honest-to-goodness buttons that raise out of the touchscreen. And then, just as quickly as they appear, they disappear when… → Read More