12touch AS
The mobile phones of today are becoming more and more powerful, are more alike to a small computer but with networking capabilities. However, their keyboards and displays are usually too small to utilize all the functions a handset can and should provide to its end user.
2touch is a wireless, non-battery keyboard, with slim (2,5 mm) and flexible design. When rolled up, it is suitable for a pocket. 2touch is the first and only of its kind to be developed and presented on the market. This “want to touch” keyboard is a new type of keyboard developed mainly for small devices, such as mobile phones or PDA’s. Once the two devices – the 2touch keyboard and a mobile phone – are wirelessly connected, they can exchange information or access content and services. Furthermore, the keyboard obtains energy and communicates through the electromagnetic field of a mobile phone. It powers up by inductively connecting to the mobile phone.
The product is contrived on NFC technology which enables short-range radio frequency (RF) communication between personal electronic devices, such as mobile phones, digital music players, or PDAs. NFC operates in the 13.56 MHz frequency range, over a distance of a few centimeters, which means the devices need to be practically touching, but there are still no wires to cause trouble.
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.2touch keyboard is developed by Torbjørn Aasen, engineer at Haukeland University Hospital, and commercialised together with BTO. 1.2touch is available through the company 1.2touch AS. Here Aasen is testing the keyboard.
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