highfly 0 #1 July 19, 2005 Check this out. What a badass keyboard. Looks like Apple shouldve designed it. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ www.myspace.com/durtymac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 July 19, 2005 Oh man that is pimp! Way pimp! Beats the hell outta those plastic overlays from back when.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
highfly 0 #3 July 19, 2005 Thats what I thought. How cool would it be for surfing the web? The keys could just have pics on them and 1 press to go straight to the boobies www.myspace.com/durtymac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #4 July 19, 2005 Though the boobie button has potential, that Quake layout freakin rawks!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feeblemind 1 #5 July 19, 2005 Damn what is this gonna cost me Fire Safety Tip: Don't fry bacon while naked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #6 July 19, 2005 wow nice. i'd love to get one. id just hate to have the lcds go out. I wonder how it would act if I spill beer on it Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chivo 0 #7 July 20, 2005 It’s in the initial stage of production. We hope it will be released in 2006. It will cost less than a good mobile phone. It will be real. It will be OS-independent (at least it’s going to be able to work in some default state with any OS). It will support any language or layout. Moscow is the capital of Russia. Each key could be programmed to produce any sequence. It will be an open-source keyboard, SDK will be available. Some day it will be split (and made “ergonomic”). It will most likely use the OLED technology (e-paper is sooo slow). Our studio is located two blocks from the Kremlin. It will feature a key-saver. Keys could be animated when needed. It has a numeric keypad because we love it. There’s no snow in Moscow in summer. It will be available worldwide (why not?) OEM is possible (why not?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #8 July 20, 2005 *drool* I must have one. I must have it NOW!Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #9 July 20, 2005 Please see: http://www.zboard.com/us/products/products_detail_ltdEditionGameKeysets.htm and http://webstore.ideazon.com/dept.asp?dept_id=03 Already in stores, and has seen positive reviews. Just google "zboard reviews"_________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #10 July 20, 2005 you actually think that even comes close to the new hotness standard of keyboards?!?!?!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #11 July 20, 2005 QuoteCheck this out. What a badass keyboard. Looks like Apple shouldve designed it. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/This is very impressive. Each keycap is a video display, which means 104 tiny video displays on a keyboard! It's certainly doable now with today's technology and very impressive that a prototype has already been developed. (The T3 photos look genuine to me, and not photoshopped.) I would be surprised if they priced this keyboard less than $500 though. Replaceable keycaps is an absolute must, since keycaps are bound to break and wear out. Fortunately, the same keycap could be reused for any key, since it doesn't matter where the keycap is inserted. Mass-manufacture of tiny screens could dramatically drive down the cost of a keycap to maybe a few dollars each. While OLED is very expensive in big screens, tiny OLED screens are gradually becoming very cheap to make (especially if they are using a printing process to manufacture the screens). It wouldn't be too surprising, since tiny low-rez color screens are falling to just a few dollars factory cost in some cases. It's not outside the realm of possibility, but I'd think 2007 would be more realistic from a cost perspective, since prices need to be ramped up quite a bit for Western markets. Factory cost for keycaps with displays would have to be something like $1-2 per keycap (factory cost, not retail cost), to still be profitable for North America market at $500 per keyboard (retail cost). This would be a remarkable achievement in reduction of prices for color displays. Small low-resolution monochrome LCD displays have already reached that point, when mass-manufactured. (Example: Free digital wristwatches inside cereal boxes) It's only a matter of time before color OLED displays are cheaply manufactured at the same prices. The trend is towards cheap disposable-league displays. Replaceable keycaps would be essential though, as I am a fast typer. Pop out a defective keycap, and pop in a replacement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #12 July 20, 2005 Quoteyou actually think that even comes close to the new hotness standard of keyboards?!?!?! The new hotness standards of keyboards?? Huh?? Which keyboard sets the standard? The one in the original post looks cool, but it is vaporware at the moment. Most other keyboards are plain, wireless, wired, or junk. There isn't too much exciting in the way of keyboards - some will have an extra option or two involved but the software that runs with it is usually bloated, buggy, and often clunky in usage (and don't forget the occasional memory leak). Personally, I have the Saitek Gaming Keyboard after testing out eight or nine variations of keyboards in the last 5 months. My backup keyboard is a MS PS2 natural keyboard that I use to access my bios since USB is not loaded upon startup. I liked the Zboard - it worked well. However I couldn't justify the cost. If this keyboard ever came out I would try it out but doubt I would purchase it in the first generation._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #13 July 20, 2005 Very cool. As is it's antithesis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anvilbrother 0 #14 July 20, 2005 I think beer would be the second enemy of that keyboard Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #15 July 20, 2005 Now that keyboard is friggin awsome.. 90% of the people I know couldnt use my computer with that thing FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #16 July 20, 2005 QuoteVery cool. As is it's antithesisI wouldn't have problems with that keyboard either. At www.typingtest.com, I actually type up to 142 WPM although usually I've benchmarked about 125-130 WPM on that site. ("Huckleberry Finn" test, 1 minute, full punctuation, approximately 98% accuracy) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
