the future of keyboards

[BlingBlingArsch]

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

I like it. Maybe some major company will buy a license and bring out models for less than 100$.

 

[n7]

Yeah, i saw that on Slashdot the other day.

Looks pretty sweet!

 

[linjy2]

badass keyboard, i saw it on hardforum. heh

i wouldnt mind picking one up if they ever made it.

 

[beverage]

if and when that comes out...i highly doubt it will start out under $100 but we can all dream

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

... and I saw it on Anandtech in Off Topic and General Hardware

 

[alcoholbob]

It could start out at any price...

I used to be into stylish keyboards and mice...had the original Logitech Mouseman/Keyboard combo...$150...broke down in an year.

Then Logitech MX Duo KB/MX700 Mouse...another $100...keyboard died in two years, the recharging contacts corroded.

Logitech Dinovo KB/MX900 Mouse combo...$250. I got robbed...along with 2001FP monitor, Ipod, Klipsch 2.1 speakers...an Athena 5.1 setup...$300 DVD Player...$1050 worth of DVDs...$400 video camera...250gb external drive...Sennheiser HD600s...all in all, I got raped by about $10k in half an hour of being away. Yahoo!

Five years and $500 of Logitech later...I'm on a Dynex $20 keyboard and mouse. And happy. Coz in fact, functionality is about the same as the Logitechs (all the Microsoft-style Windows functionality buttons are there). Yay!

 

[alcoholbob]

And what's funny...I personally think the Dynex is as good if not better looking than any of Logitech's keyboards. I was amazed what you can get in terms of "style" for $20.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

ya, okay 100$ for an OLED keyoard is not realistic but...i wouldnt pay anything more than that. And maybe, in my wildes dreams there will be a time when oleds are cheap as plastic...ah...dang. but this prototype keyboard is damn sexy though it probably will never hit the market or only for ridiculous prices.

 

[ProviaFan]

I've thought about that concept in the past... too bad I didn't patent it, but then someone else probably has a patent on the idea already.

Looks cool, anyway. :thumbsup: