Keyboard is transparent, only floating when needed

Next-generation smartphones and tablet PCs will be equipped with a real, transparent keyboard powder that only emerges when needed.

The Tactus Center in California, USA, has successfully developed a transparent keyboard that can be integrated on the touch screen and then hidden when not in use.

That means, we still have the full touch-screen experience, while the physical keyboard appears.

The company claims that the keyboard is just as thin and light as a transparent screen protector that we use today. This technology can be used for phones, tablets and remote controls. It helps the touch screen allow the user to press the key more accurately.

Tactus describes their technology for the first time in the world and has a big effect in the process of controlling the touch screen and soon put into commercial production.

'Tactus brings a new dimension to touch screen technology. The physical keypad will float up as you need it and hide it if you like and leave a perfect, transparent surface.

Modern touch screens consist of layers of ultra-thin materials, and Tactus says their Tactile material is just as thin as a screen protector and does not require any change. about the screen or the sensor below.

When the keys are hidden, they become part of the screen, and become transparent, leaving the screen smooth, flat, providing maximum visibility for traditional touch screens.