Touchfire

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Touchfire
InventorSteve Isaac, Brad Melmon
Inception2011
AvailableAvailable
Current supplierTouchfire, Inc.
Last production year2013

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 the Entrepreneur magazine. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nick Bilton (6 Dec 2011). "TouchFire Adds a Physical Keyboard to iPad Screen". New York Times. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
  2. ↑ "TouchFire: The Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad". Kickstarter. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
  3. ↑ John C. Abell (1 Dec 2011). "TouchFire iPad Keyboard Seeks to Put the Touch Back in Typing". Wired. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
  4. ↑ Jennifer Wang (21 May 2013). "MakerBot's 3-D Printers Lead the Hardware Revolution". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
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