Luckily nothing in this article suggests that they're getting rid of the keys themselves. These kinds of keyboards have been around for a while, although they've been more of a niche market. A prominent example is the Optimus [1], but there have been ones before it. Apparently Apple has been toying with this idea long enough that they have a patent filed from the Optimus days (but not sure if it's before or after) [2].<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard</a><p>[2] <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/03/optimus-like-oled-apple-keyboard/" rel="nofollow">http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/03/optimus-like-oled-apple-...</a>