Google's new patent could turn any flat surface into a virtual keyboard - Quartz

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEo4uuG-mIzD-EAtfPENMGgIgog5g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=mIIIVeCtELP6igaZ_4DoDw&url=http://qz.com/364296/googles-new-patent-for-a-virtual-keyboard-turns-finger-taps-into-text/"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJah12mm8zcqETldjNXHJQr_e_PJK-5ednvIJQxWsEa0kQU5e_86RPVtliTwSL89R8xKQjNLMV" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Quartz</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEo4uuG-mIzD-EAtfPENMGgIgog5g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=mIIIVeCtELP6igaZ_4DoDw&url=http://qz.com/364296/googles-new-patent-for-a-virtual-keyboard-turns-finger-taps-into-text/"><b>Google&#39;s new patent could turn any flat surface into a virtual keyboard</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Quartz</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Virtual keyboards have long been the wheelhouse of overpriced e-tchotchke stores, but Google&#39;s patent wouldn&#39;t require a finicky projector or a design reminiscent of <b>Virtual Boy</b> games. Quartz has reached out to Google for comment on its patent and will&nbsp;...</font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dJ1VbqPQXLBKkeM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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