Engineering:Touchfire
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| Inventor | Steve Isaac, Brad Melmon |
|---|---|
| Inception | 2011 |
| Available | Available |
| Current supplier | Touchfire, Inc. |
| Last production year | 2013 |
TouchFire is a physical iPad keyboard designed by two Seattle-based inventors, Steve Isaac and Brad Melmon.[1] The company was financed via the crowd-funding website, Kickstarter, and raised $201,400 in two months.[1][2] The keyboard gained notoriety because of its construction from transparent silicone with magnets that sticks onto an iPad's on-screen keyboard.[3] In 2013, TouchFire was listed as one of the “100 Brilliant Companies” by Entrepreneur magazine.[4]
See also
- iPad
- Kickstarter
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nick Bilton (6 Dec 2011). "TouchFire Adds a Physical Keyboard to iPad Screen". New York Times. http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/touchfire-adds-a-physical-keyboard-to-ipad-screen/?_r=0. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
- ↑ "TouchFire: The Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad". Kickstarter. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/touchfire/touchfire-the-screen-top-keyboard-for-ipad. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
- ↑ John C. Abell (1 Dec 2011). "TouchFire iPad Keyboard Seeks to Put the Touch Back in Typing". Wired. https://www.wired.com/business/2011/12/touchfire-ipad-keyboard/. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
- ↑ Jennifer Wang (21 May 2013). "MakerBot's 3-D Printers Lead the Hardware Revolution". Entrepreneur. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226682. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
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