{"id":384454,"date":"2010-03-03T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T18:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5484788"},"modified":"2010-03-03T13:28:51","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T18:28:51","slug":"cool-leaf-flat-input-devices-dont-need-no-stinkin-key-tops-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/384454","title":{"rendered":"Cool Leaf Flat Input Devices Don&#8217;t Need No Stinkin&#8217; Key Tops [Input]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/press10030203.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/500x_press10030203.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\"  title=\"Cool Leaf Flat Input Devices Don't Need No Stinkin' Key Tops\"\/><\/a><a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #coolleaf\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/coolleaf\/\">Cool Leaf<\/a> is an input system that&#8217;s perfectly flat, and wonderfully mirrored. A Japanese company called Minebea pioneered it, and they&#8217;re demonstrating it with a keyboard, calculator, and remote control that are complete key top-free.<\/p>\n<p>The immediately apparent benefit&mdash;other than the crazy-futuristic look&mdash; is that the devices would be easy to clean: no keys for dust or crumbs to get stuck behind or under. The reflective surface also looks great, although I&#8217;d be worried about smudging.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ngawkerGallery(5484791,3,\"');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Technologically, what Minebea has done is pretty fancy: they&#8217;ve combined backlights, <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #forcesensors\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/forcesensors\/\">force sensors<\/a>, and a new film from a company called Toray Industries to create the world&#8217;s first &#8220;electrostatic capacity type touch panel and a load sensor.&#8221; Which to me reads &#8220;ooo, shiny!&#8221; No word yet on when products like this will be commercially available, but when they do I&#8217;ll be ready with my wallet and a chamois cloth. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minebea.co.jp\/english\/press\/2010\/1185131_3999.html\">Minebea<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/03\/03\/cool-leaf-mirror-like-button-less-flat-input-devices\/\">CrunchGear<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=d5626d93c15f4bd56ebbeb7ed2a4d7c1&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=d5626d93c15f4bd56ebbeb7ed2a4d7c1&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=eWNazD9GSIE:9RuE6Rmd1ns:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=eWNazD9GSIE:9RuE6Rmd1ns:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=eWNazD9GSIE:9RuE6Rmd1ns:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=eWNazD9GSIE:9RuE6Rmd1ns:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=eWNazD9GSIE:9RuE6Rmd1ns:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=eWNazD9GSIE:9RuE6Rmd1ns:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/eWNazD9GSIE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool Leaf is an input system that&#8217;s perfectly flat, and wonderfully mirrored. 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