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Elliott18t · 07-17-2009, 12:27 PM

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...e/4324960.html

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Originally Posted by Jennifer Wright

The whole point of a beautiful slab of touchscreen like that on the iPhone or Microsoft Surface is that it doesn't have buttons. But what if touchscreens could have temporary, pop-up buttons when necessary, that could appear one moment and disappear the next?

By Jennifer Wright
Published in the August 2009 issue.

Touchscreens allow for endlessly adjustable interfaces—well, nearly endless. You can’t operate a touchscreen by feel alone, although engineers working in the field of haptics have used vibrating virtual buttons to provide limited tactile feedback. Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have gone a bit further, designing a screen with hidden latex air bubbles. When buttons are needed, an air pump pops the bubbles up into physical keys. The team tested the technology in a driving simulator, a situation where users don’t—and shouldn’t—devote full attention to electronic displays on GPS and audio systems. “There were only a quarter as many glances away from the road as there were with the touchscreen,” Chris Harrison, a graduate student at CMU who worked on the project, says. Volkswagen is interested in the buttons, according to the researchers. And the technology could eventually find its way into Braille-enabled gadgets.

hmm this is interesting, especially(at least to me) that Volkswagen is interested in the technology.

Willdue · 07-17-2009, 12:34 PM

love vw <3

grimm · 07-17-2009, 01:21 PM

it's interesting, i'd like to see how this develops. could be useful, but at first thought, it seems like somewhat backwards movement in the progression of GUI's.

fballman1987 · 07-17-2009, 01:53 PM

just what the german car needs more electronic contraptions lol.

OMGz Turbo · 07-17-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fballman1987

just what the german car needs more electronic problems lol.

fixed it for ya. haha

Elliott18t · 07-17-2009, 01:55 PM

exactly! lol.

fballman1987 · 07-17-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGz Turbo

fixed it for ya. haha

didnt want to hurt the VW peeps feelings haha

OMGz Turbo · 07-17-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by fballman1987

didnt want to hurt the VW peeps feelings haha

**** em, they know its true. ahhah

Elliott18t · 07-17-2009, 02:21 PM

eh, our cars are hardly the only ones with problems :P

OMGz Turbo · 07-17-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Elliott18t

eh, our cars are hardly the only ones with problems :P

Electrical..i think so hah

Elliott18t · 07-17-2009, 02:34 PM

french/british cars..

Erik · 07-17-2009, 02:36 PM

i think it would be cool. i would just wonder about the image distorting from the buttons popping up, assuming they would appear under the screen. Would that mean a soft touch screen then? That might be kinda wierd. id like the idea. i cant stand texting on the touchscreen part of my phone because of this exact issue.

Elliott18t · 07-17-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Erik

i think it would be cool. i would just wonder about the image distorting from the buttons popping up, assuming they would appear under the screen. Would that mean a soft touch screen then? That might be kinda wierd. id like the idea. i cant stand texting on the touchscreen part of my phone because of this exact issue.

it is strange and they shouldve probably come up with something like this first to help people move into full fledged touch screen.

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