Death of the Keyboard: Laser-Guided Typing

So...$5 keyboard, or $500 laser-cyber keyboard of the future? hmmm...

Agree with what has already been said. I am a very fast touch-typist and I dislike touch-screen keyboards because I cannot feel where anything is. For the same reason, I never really got into texting: it's too slow for how fast I normally type. I'm content with being an old fogey and keeping my nice springy keyboard.

keyboardless keyboard? Old news, I've seen one several years ago. I'm the type of person that will wait till they are affordable and readily available by numerous manufacturers so that I can get the best deal and features.

I'm confused as to how these laser keyboards are supposed to be new or revolutionary. These have been around for years, and sell for much less than this one. I didn't buy one when they came out, and I won't now. I can see a purpose for smart phones (which I don't own, waste of money). What I cannot see is a purpose for them when it comes to desktop or laptop computers. Anyone that can actually type efficiently knows that these are nothing more than a flashy gimmick with few realistic applications.

It'a kind of like typing ont he Ipad. It is hard to get used to typing on a flat surface vrs's a keyboard you can feel. I also agree with Tai-274-Wan that they need to get rid of the "box". Technology has certainly advanced enough by now to see their way around that.

It makes me feel old that I actually took two years of typing in high school instead of keyboarding. I loved it, though. I have the worst handwriting you can imagine: I even have trouble reading it. Learning to type opened up a new world for me: I could finally communicate by writing and actually have someone understand what I meant. Took me a little time to get used to using a keyboard instead of a typewriter, but there's something very satisfying about the little spring-back you get from the keys. I really do try and embrace new technology, but just like Kindle will never replace the feeling of a real book in your hands, this will never replace pleasure of typing for me.

I so want one of these!!!

It would deffinetly take time to become more adjusted to not actually feeling the buttons under your fingers but like with everything else i feel like, the technology would be either improved upon to make using easier and cheaper or it'd go into the box of things that were created and Cool but not practical.

"Oh! I should totally buy that! .....Never mind, I'll never afford that in twelve lifetimes." Well, this was a complete waste of my time.

Now my cat has an even easier way to spontaneously email my business clients.

do I have to get a new desk when the "s" starts sticking?

Sorry, I'll keep my keyboard, and my antique mouse as well.

When will they get rid of the "box?" Someday, there should be another mechanism for viewing "outside of the box." Television has been around 60 years now. In that time, we have seen it go from cathode to HD. Why not have the same images, you see on television, come to life right in your living room. Movies the same way. I guess the people, places, objects, would be laser images. Now that would be quite futureistic.

This is not new at all, I've seen it before. It failed the same way it will now because people like having tactile feedback in keyboard buttons.

No thanks, I will stick with the natural feel of my keyboard, kind of like my piano.

This is been around for more than 7 years and they act like it's new

No thank you, I'd rather stick with the old fashion keyboard. I don't look at my fingers, so feeling each key I type helps me in accuracy by feeling the keys and knowing where my fingers are place!

Vacuum your keyboard with the little brush thingy!!

cool idea but i'll stick with the cheaper version and CLEAN it.

This might be the wave of the future, but I for one won't be tossing out my keyboard. I depend on the tactile feedback of the individual keys to know that I'm hitting the key I intend.

Try touch typing on an iPad and you'll know what I mean. Your words per minute will plunge.