You know you want it (the greatest keyboard in the world)

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-15 03:54am

Optimus - its awesome knows no bounds.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-07-15 03:57am

Holy shit...

That is just...holy shit...

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2005-07-15 03:58am

I found God, and it's a fucking awesome keyboard OF THE FUTURE!!

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-07-15 04:09am

Sweet...wonder how many games it works with?

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2005-07-15 04:09am

I'm speechless. I don't know what else to say but:

I... waaaaannnnttt.......

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2005-07-15 04:10am

Captain tycho wrote:Sweet...wonder how many games it works with?

I'm sure that there would be an option to configure it yourself. There better be at any rate.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2005-07-15 04:17am

My guess is there's a file system for saviing/loading, and presumably creating icons, where you simply make images the right size and format and put them in the right folder. Something like a 32x32 .gif or such would be compatible with the display.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-15 04:18am

I can only imagine how fucking awesome this would be if it had good community support for flight sims.

I must find a price tag and get my credit card application approved.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-07-15 04:32am

I am sooo getting this for my new monster rig.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-07-15 04:46am

How much would a keyboard with that many oled keys cost

Must have it

If they get it cheap enough then this is the ultimate keyboard, Z-board eat your heart out

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-07-15 04:57am

Damn straight I want that!

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2005-07-15 05:06am

the .303 bookworm wrote:How much would a keyboard with that many oled keys cost

OLED's are pretty cheap to manufacture compared to LCD, but still, something like this is going to be pricey. Figure at least $1000 at first (probably more) with volume sales maybe bringing it down to $500.

EDIT: Oh, and that is the coolest fucking thing I've ever seen. Here's hoping that someone has the brains to actually make a product out of it.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2005-07-15 05:18am

Buh... huh... geh... need... must... buhfehbwahah...

My only complaint is the enter key. Almost enough to make me not like it. Too much distance between the arrow keys and the bulk of the keys, which combined with the enter key getting in the way of right shift, fucks hell with my standard gaming keybinds.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-07-15 06:23am

HOLY WHAT THE BATMAN! That, that, that, that, that is just the greatest piece of technology I have seen. I must have this, I will have this, I don't care how much it costs, I'll get three jobs if I have to, but that thing is just to fucking awesome to not own. No other piece of computer related stuff has ever gotten me excited. Except this.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2005-07-15 07:28am

Oh my non-existant gods! I MUST HAVE THAT! There is nothing truly greater than that. I'm sorry, any other computer breakthru will not be able to compete with the greatness of that keyboard.

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2005-07-15 07:52am

It is impressive, but I doubt its compatible with my kvm switch.

Also the changing key displays won't be much use to me, except when learning a new complex program, so I doubt I will ever buy one.

I wounder how durable it is compared to other keyboards, as I use the cheapest keyboard I can buy so I don't care when it breaks

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-07-15 08:15am

That's just magic.

Would there be any way to make it cheaper?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-07-15 08:39am

If that could be modified somehow so I could replace my current laptop keyboard with one based on those technologies, that'd make typing in foreign languages so much easier....*drools*

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2005-07-15 08:56am

Come to me, preciousssss. . .

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2005-07-15 09:21am

Gandalf wrote:That's just magic.

Would there be any way to make it cheaper?

Yes, but not tremendously so. Keep in mind that this appears to be mearly a technology demonstration and not a full fledged product (yet I hope) but cheaper OLED's might help lower the cost a bit.

Honestly though, this thing can't get that cheap. Having hundreds of programmable, independent OLED's is a neat trick, and will never be cheap. I could see something like this selling for $500 given enough volume, but lower than that seems unlikely, it's just too specialized and too complex.

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2005-07-15 09:51am

Uh, you do realise it's just a 3D model and not a working keyboard don't you?

None the less, immensely cool.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2005-07-15 10:37am

A Big Flying Fish wrote:Uh, you do realise it's just a 3D model and not a working keyboard don't you?

None the less, immensely cool.

Who cares, I am overcome by my irrational need for the shinny keyboard... so shinny....

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2005-07-15 10:43am

Kick. Ass.

The mouse design they link to on the page is significantly less impressive, though.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2005-07-15 10:57am

The mouse design is idiotic.

Anyway, the keyboard is fucking awesome.
That would help so much with learning all the shorcuts in Max.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-07-16 12:32am

Hello, I'm here for the obligatory tech forum IBM Model-M fanwan- HOLY CRAP THAT'S AWESOME.