TouchFire is a physical iPad keyboard designed by two Seattle-based inventors, Steve Isaac and Brad Melmon.[1] The company was financed via the crowd-funding website, Kickstarter, and raised $201,400 in two months.[1][2] The keyboard gained notoriety because of its construction from transparent silicone with magnets that sticks onto an iPad's on-screen keyboard.[3] In 2013, TouchFire was listed as one of the “100 Brilliant Companies” by the Entrepreneur magazine.[4]
| Inventor | Steve Isaac, Brad Melmon |
|---|---|
| Inception | 2011 |
| Available | Available |
| Current supplier | Touchfire, Inc. |
| Last production year | 2013 |
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edit- ^ a b Nick Bilton (6 Dec 2011). "TouchFire Adds a Physical Keyboard to iPad Screen". New York Times. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
- ^ "TouchFire: The Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad". Kickstarter. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
- ^ John C. Abell (1 Dec 2011). "TouchFire iPad Keyboard Seeks to Put the Touch Back in Typing". Wired. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
- ^ Jennifer Wang (21 May 2013). "MakerBot's 3-D Printers Lead the Hardware Revolution". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013.
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