Another Kickstarter Success Story: New TouchFire iPad Keyboard
By Rob Scott
December 22, 2011
December 22, 2011
- Inventors Steve Isaac and Bradley Melmon have created a transparent keyboard membrane designed to easily fit over the iPad’s screen.
- The intended result is a touchscreen keyboard called TouchFire that does not require Bluetooth (most third party keyboards connect via the wireless standard).
- “Part of what is unique about the TouchFire is the way Isaac and Melmon have funded its development: rather than drum up traditional investment — or sell the idea to a firm that specializes in computer or mobile accessories — they put the idea into Kickstarter,” reports Digital Trends.
- “The TouchFire didn’t actually muster up the first time it was submitted to Kickstarter,” explains the post, “although a second application did the trick — and supporters have now pledged over $200,000 to the TouchFire. Isaac and Melmon were originally looking for $10,000.”
- The first run of the TouchFire sold out to those who pledged funds via Kickstarter, but a second production run is expected to have the $44.95 keyboard available by February or March 2012.
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