A group of Microsoft researchers has built a kind of multitouch for the conventional keyboard… It allows a keyboard to accept pressure-sensitivity data, from which it can infer user intentions. – Chris Dannen for Fast Company
I really love how this looks like it can be a simple inexpensive way to have new gestural interfaces enhance the work and play we do today.
Watching this video is like staring at the incoming tsunami. I’m excited and also terrified by the fact that in my career I will not only be designing experiences for kids like this but his kids.
Years ago I worked on an knowledge portal for a group of hospitals. These slides were the result of interviews with a number of group on what they need in a portal. These are fairly preliminary but it was a very useful exercise.
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