The Future at Our Fingertips

by Max Frommelt

      Our society is advancing at an incredible rate. One of the things that we seem to never notice is how far we have come. Cell phones have gone from the flip phones of yesterday to the smartphones that have more processing power than the International Space Station. Some of the technological evolution has gone so far that it has become impossible to stop. Some things, on the other hands, never change.

     One of these devices is the keyboard. We have always used this device to type in a traditional way, pushing real, solid, tangible buttons. This has begun to change.

     The laser keyboard brings light to a field of innovation some may not have thought possible. That’s right, it is a mobile, bluetooth keyboard that projects a keyboard onto any flat surface, allowing you to type virtually anywhere. While we’ve gotten used to flat keyboards on tablets and smartphones, the laser keyboard allows the freedom of a full size keyboard that’s really not even there. Turning on keyboard clicks makes it easier to tell when you’re hitting the keys.

     AGS, the company that created the keyboard, began operating in 1971 and is stationed in Suichi Ogawa, Japan. AGS is a core contributor for the banking and business industry in Japan. While they are strong for banking, they have created a section for pure innovation and creation.

     Now, while AGS has not a major advancement with the keyboard, it holds countless of possibilities. The keyboard can be connected to a mobile device or tablet. You now have a full keyboard that has the same dimensions as a small juicebox. This creates a pure mobile keyboard that you can bring with you everywhere. The gadget costs ballpark $40 to $50.

     All of our technology is trying to do this new things or something that it never has before, this device has recreated an old invention, and it works.