{"id":30812,"date":"2012-08-22T01:45:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=30812"},"modified":"2012-08-22T01:45:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:45:51","slug":"synaptics-forcepad-super-thin-pressure-sensitive-trackpad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/22\/synaptics-forcepad-super-thin-pressure-sensitive-trackpad\/","title":{"rendered":"Synaptics ForcePad, the New Super Thin, Pressure Sensitive TrackPad (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out the Synaptics ForcePad. It is super thin (less than 2.8mm) and is pressure sensitive of up to 1000grams. It can recognize 5 fingers and does not have any moving parts.<\/p>\n

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BTW, the above is a Lenovo U300S with Synaptics ForcePad retrofitted onto it. Basically, the ForcePad is a large touchpad. Most of the features are software based and thanks to the capacitive (up to 5 points) and 64 discrete pressure levels (at 15 grams each), it will definitely benefit OS like Windows 8.<\/p>\n

Here is a graphical look at how thin the ForcePad is.<\/p>\n

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According to the video, because the ForcePad is thin, it is able to make out precious space for battery or a thinner chassis. And in the video, it shows the benefit of using the ForcePad on a flight simulator software. Check out the video.<\/p>\n