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In an overloaded future there is a keyboard related to attention. What is it?
Friction
A keyboard that changes how the keys and wrist rest feel when you need a break.
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Another reminder to take a break.
It's easy to dismiss a break reminder and keep typing. Friction puts the reminder in the keyboard: the keys get heavier as you get tired, and the wrist rest changes temperature.
You can override it. The keyboard might have read you wrong, or you might just need to finish something. It still has to work as a keyboard.
The demo runs on a pretend Windows laptop. Try the three stories or move the focus and fatigue sliders yourself. Those sliders stand in for sensors. The physical keyboard hasn't been built.
How might we make a break reminder you can feel while you work?