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Google Japan shows off conveyor-belt keyboard with keys that move to fingers

37 points · 12 comments · thunderbong

  1. bitwize · · focus · HN ↗
    This must be one of those Japanese "quirky-fun, but useless inventions" things (chindogu). You know, like the toilet paper holder you strap to your head so you're never without a roll, or the vise you use to press two or more well-worn bars of soap together into a single, bigger bar.

    In terms of design it reminds me of that bit of Animusic&#x27;s &quot;Pipe Dream&quot; where xylophone bars of the appropriate pitch travel on a rail just in time to be struck by ball bearings from a stationary launcher: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=HmoUSSVSV7I&amp;t=2m12s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=HmoUSSVSV7I&amp;t=2m12s

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