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Mad keyboard concept

Blub2k4 · 2005-07-20 12:29:10

Check this out, http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ The idea is that the displays on the keys can change contextually. Looks like a fantastic idea and apparently the company has a record of bringing its ideas to market. Here's hoping :D

20-07-2005 12:29pm

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Blub2k4

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Check this out,
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

The idea is that the displays on the keys can change contextually.
Looks like a fantastic idea and apparently the company has a record of bringing its ideas to market.
Here's hoping

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#2 20-07-2005 12:32pm

Webmonkey

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Sweet idea

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#3 20-07-2005 12:33pm

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This sucks i tought of this years ago....oh well.......

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#4 20-07-2005 12:37pm

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should have patented the idea!

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#5 20-07-2005 12:40pm

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wow that's nice, don't like how the keyboard looks though, kinda bulky

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#6 20-07-2005 12:52pm

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CyberGhost wrote:

wow that's nice, don't like how the keyboard looks though, kinda bulky

It seems to be based on a mac keyboard presently.

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#7 20-07-2005 1:48pm

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Damn, that's the exact same thing (with a few minor improvements) I invented a few weeks back .
Not that I physically made it or anything, but I have a drunken sketch on a post-it to prove it.

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#8 20-07-2005 2:19pm

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but I have a drunken sketch on a post-it to prove it.

sounds like a water-tight patent court case in your favour so.

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#9 20-07-2005 2:21pm

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Wonder how well it would work in bright light..? Would look great at night though

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#10 20-07-2005 3:17pm

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fletch wrote:

Wonder how well it would work in bright light..? Would look great at night though

Mobile phones work fine, they dont need to be in the dark to use.

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#11 20-07-2005 4:08pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=278816

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#12 20-07-2005 8:45pm

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If you had software that monitored what keys you pressed and then on every boot up changed the keyboard around so that it would make typing easier (granted it'd be no good for games). A keyboard with a layout that (eventually) is customised exactly to your needs.

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#13 20-07-2005 9:53pm

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Even better:

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#14 20-07-2005 10:27pm

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Trojan wrote:

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