Sunday, December 31, 2017

AirBar gives your MacBook a touchscreen for 99

Got a MacBook and hate the fact that Apple doesnt want to live in this century and add touchscreens to its laptops? Are you jealous of how many touchscreen laptop options people on the Windows side have? Well, heres a solution for you. Sort of.

Enter AirBar. This is an accessory you power through one of your MacBooks USB ports, and you magnetically attach it to the bottom bezel of your screen. Then it starts doing its magic, as portrayed in the presentation video below.

AirBar lets you swipe things, pinch to zoom, and just perform all the gestures youd expect to on a touchscreen - but you do all this on your MacBooks non-touch display. It works by emitting an invisible light field that "senses touch from fingers, gloves and even a paintbrush", according to the official press release. No software installation is required.

The first Apple product to get support is the 13-inch MacBook Air. The AirBar designed for it can already be pre-ordered for $99, and shipping is set to start in early March. More MacBooks will be supported "within the first half of 2017".

Oh, and just in case you read this while owning a 15-inch Windows 10 laptop sans touchscreen, youll be happy to know that theres an AirBar for you too - and even cheaper, priced at $69.

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