Tactus Technology unveils touchscreen prototype with appearing and disappearing keys

Tactus Technology unveils touchscreen prototype with appearing and disappearing keys abercrombie ukAmidst the excitement for the original iPhone way back in 2007 was a big question: would users be able to adjust to typing on a touchscreen, with no visual or tactile cues for orienting your fingers? Five years later, it's clear that the keyboard-less touch screen has become the preferred mobile phone form factor — that said, some users out there still long for the physical response of a BlackBerry while still maintaining the flexibility of a touchscreen display. RIM unsuccessfully tried to solve that problem with the generally-loathed SurePress technology on the BlackBerry Storm some years ago — but now Tactus Technology thinks it has the right technology to succeed where RIM failed.Today at SID Display Week 2012, the company is showing off a prototype Android tablet with an appearing and disappearing haptic feedback user interface — at a user's command, "keys" can rise out of the touchs...