Touch screen typing is tough. Thickbutton thinks it has a way to make it a lot easier by making some keys fat and some thin, shifting the sizes rapidly as you type.
Tech TalkIEEE Spectrum’s general technology blog, featuring news, analysis, and opinions about engineering, consumer electronics, and technology and society, from the editorial staff and freelance contributors.
Sign up for the Tech Alert newsletter and receive ground-breaking technology and science news from IEEE Spectrum every Thursday.
Glass giant Corning invests in View, a startup that makes energy-saving “smart” windows.
China's Tianhe-2 outflanks U.S. systems to take No. 1 spot in Top500 list
U.S. prosecutors ask Google, Apple and other tech leaders to secure smartphones against thieves
Thirty-two-sensor array reliably sniffs out differences between apples and pears
Launching in 2016, the “Chinese Quantum Science Satellite” could make China the first country with space-based quantum communication capability
An optical trick makes solar cells disappear
Ayla Networks software platform connects smart thermostats, refrigerators, and other Wi-Fi-enabled gadgets to cloud apps
A Google patent filing suggests better face recognition could someday replace passwords for Android phones
Here are four projects to emerge from the National Day of Civic Hacking that will improve urban living
Too many engineers in the kitchen
BioTx is developing tiny, wirelessly powered chips to treat digestive disorders and obesity
The National Day of Civic Hacking brought geeks out in force
UV LEDs can extend the fruit's fridge life to nine days without drying it out
New analysis of radio occultation data revises calculations of upper-atmosphere temperatures
Statue of Nikola Tesla intended to inspire Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors
Conceptual art to create "nearly infinite" cash via quantum superposition
EEG lets brain power do the steering
Federal agencies will offer public data to coders at today's National Day of Civic Hacking
Radiation measurements made by NASA's Curiosity rover put hard numbers on the space hazard
Lighthouse Signal's WiFi fingerprints mean Android phones can navigate inside Las Vegas hotels.
Comments