{"id":8291,"date":"2004-05-04T18:49:29","date_gmt":"2004-05-04T18:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8291"},"modified":"2004-05-04T18:49:29","modified_gmt":"2004-05-04T18:49:29","slug":"virtual-keyboard-actually-hits-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8291","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Keyboard Actually Hits the Market!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/IRKeyboard.gif\" align=\"right\">File under Tech I Never Expected To Actually See: the keyboard-less keyboard. This device actually projects via laser a virtual keyboard onto any flat surface, judging your typing strokes with infrared sensors. It&#8217;s only about the size of a disposable lighter, has internal rechargable lithium batteries, connects to PDA or laptop (tablet, most usefully) via USB or data cable, and <a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/ibizpda\/vike.html\">costs just $99<\/a>. While it may not be very comfortable on a hardwood table, there&#8217;s no reason it can&#8217;t be projected on felt, leather, or even a nice big slab of Jello. Mmmmm. Edible keyboards.<\/p>\n<p> Considering this technology was only hinted at less than a year ago, while Bluetooth has been around 10 times longer, it&#8217;s surprising to me that we still don&#8217;t have a Bluetooth folding keyboard from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkoutside.com\">ThinkOutside<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File under Tech I Never Expected To Actually See: the keyboard-less keyboard. This device actually projects via laser a virtual keyboard onto any flat surface, judging your typing strokes with infrared sensors. It&#8217;s only about the size of a disposable lighter, has internal rechargable lithium batteries, connects to PDA or laptop (tablet, most usefully) via &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8291\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Virtual Keyboard Actually Hits the Market!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}