Laser-powered pocket keyboard (not all good...)

Geoffery writes to let me know that I've totally missed DID's laser keyboard - the keyboard version of those not-entirely-useful laser-powered qwerty keyboards. It's possible that the sound on this ace Japanese TV report is out of sync, but it seems OK when people are speaking, which can only mean one thing... Meanwhile, Pink Tentacle reports that they're planning a weighted 88-key version. OK, then!

Posted by Tom Whitwell.

Comments:

wow...does this thing suck.

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David Evans : 6:55 pm

When are they coming out with the 4x4 MPC style drum pads?

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Anonymous : 7:33 pm

It seems laggy as hell, but it's not a bad concept.

# posted by

Anonymous : 11:38 pm

What if they took the same concept and did a controller for Traktor or Ableton without the latency issues?

Oooh, I think I've just cum there...

# posted by

Anonymous : 11:47 pm

Vid's in sync when they're speaking so there is a fair lag. About US$140...hmmmm, don't think so but interesting to see where it goes.

# posted by

Anonymous : 1:08 am

I want a laser estiban guitar!

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Anonymous : 1:27 am

Good idea, obviously this specific application of the technology is crap, but this really opens some interesting doors, and hopefully some manufacturers will look into using it for something more than a japanese kid's toy...

# posted by

Anonymous : 1:29 am

Whis is what our children will be circuitbending in the future :)

# posted by

HarriL : 3:24 am

I haven't heard such horrible latency since I tried to run Cubase on my 650Mhz Celeron laptop.

# posted by

AztecRed : 8:19 am

What a wonderful idea for controlling you DAW!!!! especially if you could customise the controls instead of it displaying the same image.

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Anonymous : 12:35 am