Microsoft Concept Keyboard
Microsoft has developed a new concept keyboard, which it calls the “Adaptive Keyboard”. This is just a prototype, and unfortunately there are no immediate plans to turn it into an actual product. The keyboard seems particularly suited to professionals who can often feel that the standard keyboard is either too cramped or limited for their requirements, thereby decreasing productivity. Addressing such issues, the keyboard is able to adjust content according to the context in which tasks are being performed. In addition, at the top of the device there is an integrated touch sensitive screen which allows for additional functionality.
Below is a video for this year’s UIST Student Innovation Contest. Microsoft will given free rein to students to do whatever they like to the keyboard, with a prize at the end for the most innovative ideas.
Honestech FOTOBOX USB device solution
Are you the resident office drone who is summoned to come up with multimedia presentations and slideshows at the last minute due to your mad skills with a computer? Then you might find the FOTOBOX USB device solution from Honestech to be your cup of tea – after all, it will help you create multimedia slideshows from photos, videos, music and narration – all this without the need for a computer software to function as an the editor of choice. This is made possible as the FOTOBOX comes with a USB 2.0 interface alongside an integrated memory card reader, embedded PC software within FLASH memory that will run on a computer without prior software installation. All photos captured by digital cameras are fair game for slideshows, as long as the memory card is inserted into the card reader slot. FOTOBOX is forward-compatible, playing nice with the yet-to-be-released Windows 7, and will retail for $79.99 as it is released next month.
Read the press release here.