Professionals often feel cramped while working on a standard computer keyboard, as they have to deal with set keys that allow little or no liberty to adapt to new assignments. Addressing the issue, researchers at Microsoft have developed a prototype keyboard that adjusts according to the context of the task. Integrating a number of keys with display capability, together with a long touchscreen display on top of regular keys, the adaptive keyboard gives more control by changing some keys, when dealing with specific applications. Working like a file browser, the touchscreen display presents ambient information like alerts, so the user could focus on more than one task simultaneously to enhance work efficiency.
Microsoft's New Keyboard with Touchscreen Display
Professionals often feel cramped while working on a standard computer keyboard, as they have to deal with set keys that allow little or no l...
