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04-08-2016, 02:18 PM
Apple filed a patent for a MacBook keyboard without keys
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The touch-sensitive trackpad on Apple's MacBook computers is already pretty large, but can you imagine a MacBook which replaces the entire keyboard with one giant touchpad?
Judging from a patent (http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=20160098107.PGNR.) filed in September 2015 and made public Thursday, Apple can. In the patent, the company proposes a "force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device," a customizable, clean, flat surface that reacts to where you press.*
SEE ALSO: MacBook selfie sticks are even more cringeworthy than photos with an iPad (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/macbook-selfie-sticks/)
Apple refers to this type of input structure as "zero-travel," meaning there would be ** keys or surfaces that move (at least **t **ticeably) when you press them. The surface would, however, sense the force of your fingers and return haptic feedback as you type.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/apple-patent-keyboard-keys/)
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The touch-sensitive trackpad on Apple's MacBook computers is already pretty large, but can you imagine a MacBook which replaces the entire keyboard with one giant touchpad?
Judging from a patent (http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=20160098107.PGNR.) filed in September 2015 and made public Thursday, Apple can. In the patent, the company proposes a "force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device," a customizable, clean, flat surface that reacts to where you press.*
SEE ALSO: MacBook selfie sticks are even more cringeworthy than photos with an iPad (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/macbook-selfie-sticks/)
Apple refers to this type of input structure as "zero-travel," meaning there would be ** keys or surfaces that move (at least **t **ticeably) when you press them. The surface would, however, sense the force of your fingers and return haptic feedback as you type.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/apple-patent-keyboard-keys/)
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