April 20th, 2009 by Alec

The Race For The Next U/I

Its been roughly 141 years since Christopher Sholes developed the first keyboard. However, we’re still using the same model with little advancement today. Don’t get me wrong, the keyboard was one of the greatest inventions of all time, but we’re destined for more functional and practical user input methods. Microsoft has been working on a project which illustrates our capacity to use touch screens as new U/I’s called Microsoft Surface, which seems to have a great interface, but isn’t pragmatic for home users as a full-time input method. There are a number of good ideas about what the next great user input device will be, but no front-runner. One thing’s for sure, Apple, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Sony, Xerox, and a ton of others will soon be in an all-out race for the next U/I device…. and I cant wait to see what they come up with.