APPLE's NEW KEYBORAD


Apple has patented a plan for a keyless keyboard.
The glass topped drawing features no moving parts but instead works using audio and piezo-electric sensors.
The system compares sounds made by tapping of the screen to a database of autograph determining which key is being used. The keyboard would still display the traditional Qwerty keys but three sensors within the keyboard would be “sufficiently precise” to triangulate the location of the tap said the patent  


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