The Apple Touch Bar received generally negative reviews, but it seems it was a good idea with poor execution. So, ENIAC built one as a standalone device, making it a fully customizable and adaptive shortcut bar. This nearly 10-inch aluminum bar with a 2K AMOLED display connects to your computer, tablet, or phone via a USB-C cable, giving you almost every shortcut you can imagine. ENIAC Co-Founder Ray Wenting shared a video X (formerly Twitter) showing the Flexbar working as a media controller and visualizer, but it can do so much more than that.
The Flexbar is like an Elgato Stream Deck, but instead of getting a fixed number of keys and controls, you have a touchscreen interface that you can customize any way you see fit. You could put your most used keys, tools, and shortcuts right on it, and it will change based on your current open window. So, it could be one set of controls when editing a video on Adobe Premiere, and then it’ll automatically change to another when you launch your favorite game.
