Elecom's Gear Drive to prevent typos? Peripherals / Elecom Posted by zmcnulty on Sep 19, 2006 - 12:14 PM |
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Elecom is geared up to release the "TK-U09FG" keyboards in late October that feature the company's new "Gear Drive" mechanism. Slated to cost about 5,040 yen, the new keyboards use a system of gears underneath the keys so that when pressed on even a corner, the key will be depressed evenly. This is said to prevent "miss-types," which I suspect are caused by keypresses not registering correctly if they're not made in the exact middle of the key. I can't really say I've had that problem, but perhaps I do and don't even realize it. Either way, the keyboard is a Japanese 109-key layout, and will be available in silver, white, and black models.     Inspired by: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/0919/elecom.htm [1] Press Release: http://www.elecom.co.jp/news/200609/tk_u09fg/ [2] keyboard |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1352 Links in this article [1] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/0919/elecom.htm [2] http://www.elecom.co.jp/news/200609/tk_u09fg/ |