Input device

Get ready to thump and scratch your iPad

Source: TechRadar UK

Another new batch of patents have been granted to Apple - 35 to be exact - but there's one in particular that's caught our eye. The "Electronic device housing as acoustic input device" patent, issued by those great people over ...
Full article at: TechRadar UK  More like this  6 days ago, 12:00pm CDT

Apple wants you to scratch and claw your iPad

Source: CNET

The electronics giant has been granted dozens of U.S. patents, including one related to acoustic sensors in the housing of a device that will allow it interpret scratches differently from taps and other acti ...
Full article at: CNET  More like this  May 14 2013, 9:23am CDT

Apple patent lets users control a device with taps, thumps and scratches

Source: AppleInsider

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent for an audio-based input system in which various noises made on a laptop's chassis are translated into actions, basically turning the computer into one ...
Full article at: AppleInsider  More like this  May 14 2013, 4:21am CDT

DTS Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Source: ETF Investor

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Andy Hargreaves with Pacific Crest Securities. I'm just trying to think about the impact of SRS because obviously, it's had a pretty big ...
Full article at: ETF Investor  More like this  May 8 2013, 6:40pm CDT

Geek of the Week: Local Musician Brad Podray

Source: Geekadelphia

Music isn’t only a domain for audiophiles, professors, and rock stars. It can be an area for geeks to explore the aural possibilities of storytelling and adventure. One local geek named Brad Podray has been releasing some suitably epic musi ...
Full article at: Geekadelphia  More like this  May 8 2013, 2:56pm CDT

Connect a 4×3 matrix keyboard to a microcontroller using two I/O pins

Source: Electronics Design, Strategy, News

Matrix keyboards are common as an input device in microcontroller-based projects. A conventional way of connecting a matrix keyboard to a microcontroller is to use multiple I/O pins of the MCU. The MCU then ...
Full article at: Electronics Design, Strategy, News  More like this  May 8 2013, 12:22pm CDT

Apple's Future iDevices will have Invisible Backside Button and Slider Controls

Source: I4U News

Patents on inventions are an inescapable fact of the modern world. Though information may be free, the rights to a product that is visible and of this world are not handed over to anyone lightly. People had to fi ...
Full article at: I4U News  More like this  May 8 2013, 11:01am CDT

The iPhone 6 Could Have Non-Protuberant Backlit Controls

Source: Softpedia

Apple has been granted a new patent by the USPTO today. While many of these inventions never see the light of day, they’re certainly worth discussing. Especially when they talk about invisible buttons. Apple has an invention that involves “an input devic ...
Full article at: Softpedia  More like this  May 8 2013, 10:07am CDT

Acer's Ezel hinge system debuts in Aspire R7

Source: Gizmag

Acer has announced a new laptop at a press event in New York which features a new hinge system called "Ezel" that brings the display closer to the user for easier Windows 8 touch control. The new Aspire R7 also features a keyboard/trackpad ...
Full article at: Gizmag  More like this  May 6 2013, 5:11pm CDT

Ubuntu Software

Source: Datamation

Finding the right Ubuntu software titles used to be a bit of an art form, especially before the became available. And even with the benefit of the Ubuntu Software Center, knowing whether an application is worth checking out still r ...
Full article at: Datamation  More like this  May 6 2013, 11:20am CDT



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