Because the ForcePad can tell when youre clicking versus tracking, laptops would no longer need the dedicated trackpad buttons--which makes more room for all those gestures. The ThinTouch keyboard also gets an interesting capacitive sensor, so the touchpad can be disabled automatically as soon as you start typing. According to , Synaptics is also developing a feature that will turn the space bar into a touch sensor, for things like autocomplete. Besides being super-thin, the ThinTouch keyboard will supposedly also improve backlighting. With most laptop keyboards already pretty shallow, itll be interesting to see what the typing experience will be like on these even thinner keyboards. (I, for one, am not a big fan of flat keys with little key travel). Well see how Synaptics handles that challenge when PC makers roll out their ultrathins with the ThinTouch. That, supposedly, will happen sometime in 2013. Follow (@melaniepinola) and on Twitter