For several decades, we have become accustomed to seeing our computers as they are. However, soon everything may change, and the usual technique will acquire a creative design and receive new unique opportunities.
Hewlett Packard is developing a multifunctional touchscreen computer mat. It will be called smartmat and will be used instead of a keyboard and mouse to control a computer. The rug is equipped with a kind of display, which can be represented as a simple keyboard, a set of icons, or piano keys. In this case, everything will depend on the interface of the loaded program.
In addition, the smartmat will have a 3D scanner that can digitize any small items placed on the mat. Their three-dimensional projections can be loaded into a graphics editor and processed at the user's request.
The approximate price of new items will be around $ 1900 in the US and £ 1900 in the UK.
Hewlett Packard promises to revolutionize the understanding of computer architecture and make people abandon the archaic keyboard. But many people did not understand the essence of the invention itself, and most importantly - such a fabulous price for an extraordinary, but still, keyboard.
In the world of computer technology, there was a huge number of new products, but not many took root, but only those that proved their simplicity, efficiency and necessity for the user. Therefore, the future of the miracle rug is in the hands of ordinary users.
