The Future of Keyboards

[AlCaTrAzz]

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

keys have images on it that actually change based on what your doing... uber geeky cool!

[LMo]

Yeah ive read about this..its going to be cool if it ever gets released.

I like the fact that the imagery on the keyboard is customizable for each gaming setup :P

[blot0]

that looks freakin awesome..
i want one now .. forget the future.

probly be pretty expencive tho :S

[AlCaTrAzz]

as long as it's better done than that belkin nostromo n52 game pad... design was brilliant, but keys were too hard to push

[KrE8oR69]

look snazzy bet it will cost like a million billion bucks tho

even still i want one :P

[LMo]

The article says it'll cost less than a good mobile phone..good mobile phones these days are worth what..$500+?

Even if its just over $300...thats still ALOT for a keyboard.

[Dezza Bot]

especially since you can grba a keyboard that's 'good enough' from the $2 box at a computer fair

Wouldn't look be as good form the bling bling perspective tho :D

[neo_kre8or]

coolies

[AlCaTrAzz]

i'm thinking these could be really good for teaching and such... i'm sure you could make a kick ass typing tutor if you had this keyboard to work with ;)

[LMo]

true true...would be good for all apps and such too...

[Smart_Ass_Rolphy]

omg ill actually be able to play cs in the dark.


i cant touch type so im always lookin at keyboard cause i dont know where the keys are

[BR3TT]

It wouldn't be that hard to make, honestly.

The future is invisible keyboards!

[LMo]

BR3TT is looking into far far far far etc etc future...i dont know if we'll be alive brett, if we are..we'll be dying..

[Smart_Ass_Rolphy]

well they have monitors that are just holograms and they are better then monitors now



but u prolly wont see them hit the shelf for ages they still testing ill have to get a linky for em

[blot0]

there is a laser keyboard out or something i read awhile ago.

laser image projected onto your desk that tracks where your fingers go to do the key's etc.

[LMo]

That laser keyboard just sounds too weird, it wouldnt feel right, i wouldnt mind a keyboard built into my desk with a touchpad face..that wouldnt be bad, but hitting nothing...thats just strange.

[riot]

i'm sold, love it, mmmm lights!!! no more guessing key at dark lan parties, plus its cordless :D

[fauxpas]

The little screens in the keys of this KB would be similar to the outside screens on todays clamshell phones...

I must say, my favourite KB was the old IBM metal KB that had a tough clunking sound when a key was depressed... It was such a tough KB you could thwack someone over the head with them and knock em out...

[AlCaTrAzz]

faux, there's actually a club on the net somwhere of people who love those old keyboards...

and blot0, i remember reading about that keyboard as well, i think it said it was available now tho?

[James]

Originally posted by fauxpas@Jul 20 2005, 06:51 AM
The little screens in the keys of this KB would be similar to the outside screens on todays clamshell phones...

I must say, my favourite KB was the old IBM metal KB that had a tough clunking sound when a key was depressed... It was such a tough KB you could thwack someone over the head with them and knock em out...
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they are OLED screens i think, not LCD screens, but similar though


also,yeah there is a club for those old ibm metal ones, hahaha

I think ads0r has one!



alcatrazz, yeah that keyboard is available, it's used for PDA's

[Jimmeh]

Originally posted by BR3TT@Jul 19 2005, 05:45 PM
It wouldn't be that hard to make, honestly.

The future is invisible keyboards!
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there is an invisible keyboard now..... look at the keyboard you have now and close your eyes

[LMo]

Originally posted by Collect0r@Jul 20 2005, 06:43 PM
there is an invisible keyboard now..... look at the keyboard you have now and close your eyes
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Rofl...

[MaJ]

i dont like the look of a $300 keyboard covered in my semen.

[Mlloyd60]

Originally posted by Smart_Ass_Rolphy@Jul 19 2005, 06:02 PM
well they have monitors that are just holograms and they are better then monitors now
but u prolly wont see them hit the shelf for ages they still testing ill have to get a linky for em
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Its called a Clicky

MUST HAVE KEYBOARD..... One Day.

[LMo]

Originally posted by MaJ@Jul 20 2005, 08:41 PM
i dont like the look of a $300 keyboard covered in my semen.
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AH hahahahaha!

Hey..at least he's honest...we should reward him.

[Cyberjazz]

i so want one of these the quetion is when are they goin to ne readly available at a fair price and also if you a hard core gamer or just one of those people when typeing has to slam the keys are you goin to kill the keyboards light bits

[HuRRiCaNe]

i dont mind getting that keyboard when it comes out :P
look siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik :D

[Damage]

You can make one of these for $10

Just paint your existing KB with Black Spray Paint then get a pack of those little round stickers and a felt pen.

Then you are set...

[AlCaTrAzz]

yeah, but this one changes based on the application your running at the time... thats cool