It’s the product that will never be. Like that sixth season of The Wire, we hope that it happens, but we know deep in our hearts that it won’t. Intel’s Nikiski ultrabookand its see-through-trackpad-display falls into that category.
Of all of the promises Intel made today about the future of ultrabooks, none was quite as appealing — or at least, attention-getting — as this wonderfully odd concept that uses a keyboard-wide transparent trackpad that doubles as a window into your screen. Hello, Nikiski. You’re a beautifully odd machine.
With a lot of teases at Computex to new ‘always on, always connected’ features in next generation processors, Mooly Eden gave a sneak peek at a new concept notebook design — Nikiski. Think Windows SideShow reborn, with a dash of tablet experience while your notebook is actually in sleep mode.
