Apple patent idea teases 'polished meteorite' keyboard
20.05.12
A freshly published patent application outlines a new type of keyboard that could use truly space-age materials.
A future Apple keyboard could be made from technology that's out of this world. Literally.
A newly published patent application, picked up by Apple Insider this week, details a new type of keyboard, made specifically for "thin-profile" computers, and designed to allow for any type of key cap--that's the part of the keyboard your fingers touch.
The core of the invention is a "single support lever" design, that's as opposed to a "scissor-switch" style that makes use of two, interconnected levers. The benefit, the patent says, is that the key can be stuck right onto the lever itself and make it feel more stable.
"The use of a single support lever allows the key cap to be simply adhered to the support lever and the support lever also reduces instability when the key is depressed by a user," the patent reads. "As the key cap can be adhered to the support
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