While the MacBook Pro‘s now-vintage Touch Bar may have been a misstep, it still seems likely that Apple’s long-term vision is to replace physical keyboards with touchscreen ones – and

While the MacBook Pro‘s now-vintage Touch Bar may have been a misstep, it still seems likely that Apple’s long-term vision is to replace physical keyboards with touchscreen ones – and Carnegie Mellon University’s flat panel haptics could be a better bet than the approaches Apple has patented to date.

Apple’s first step in this lengthy journey was of course the iPhone, replacing the physical keyboards which were the norm on smartphones of the time with a screen-based virtual one …

more…

The post Flat Panel Haptics could hold the key to Apple’s future screen-based keyboards appeared first on 9to5Mac.

original link


You may also be interested in this

T-Mobile Announces UScell…

T-Mobile today announced plans to purchase UScellular's wireless operations for $4.4 billion, a deal that includes UScellular's wireless customers, stores, and select cellular spectrum. According to T-Mobile, the purchase will

Clock ticks on killer iPh…

Woot! refers to its refurbished Apple gear deals lineup as "basically an Apple soup." It's your chance to slurp up bargains! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews

Apple Vision Pro & iO…

Apple hasn't just grown the number of people interested in headsets, it's given accessory makers a whole new market — and so has iOS 17.It's just calling out for a

Why iPhone 16 might dump …

The upcoming iPhone 16 series will reportedly have no traditional buttons at all, replacing them with capacitive ones. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Mira made AR headsets for…

Apple has acquired Mira, a company that creates augmented reality headsets for other companies — including the US military.Apple Vision ProA day after it announced Apple Vision Pro, the Cupertino-based

Emergency SOS via Satelli…

A dramatic Emergency SOS via Satellite rescue saved four hikers trapped on a glacier near raging wildfires in Canada. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Review: Kuxiu’s X40…

Australian-based company Kuxiu has come out with a new version of its 3-in-1 charging station that has got to be one of the neatest Apple device charging solutions for home

Three More Apple Apps Jus…

Apple today updated three more of its apps for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, introducing new Liquid Glass-compatible icons for GarageBand, Photomator, and Pixelmator Pro across its platforms.
X

A whimsical homage to the days in black and white, celebrating the magic of Mac OS. Dress up your blog with retro, chunky-grade pixellated graphics to evoke some serious computer nostalgia. Supports a custom menu, custom header image, custom background, two footer widget areas, and a full-width page template. I updated Stuart Brown's 2011 masterpiece to meet the needs of the times, made it responsive , got dark mode, custom search widget and more.You can download it from tigaman.com, where you can also find more useful code snippets and plugins to get even more out of wordpress.