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Optimus LED keyboard enters pre-order phase - $1564.37 keyboard??? Yep!
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| May 21, 2007
| Wolfgang Gruener
Posted on 05/23/2007 6:29:58 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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Each key is a miniature 48 X 48 pixel display screen that can change according to the application being accessed. Works with both Macs and PCs.
To: 1234; 50mm; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; af_vet_rr; afnamvet; akatel; Alexander Rubin; Amadeo; ...
a Mac keyboard for $1564.37? Yes, it comes with no computer... just a keyboard... PING!
No, it's not gold plated or diamond encrusted...
OH, it's also for PCs as well...
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:32:19 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
To: Swordmaker
Back when this was first unveiled, I really, really wanted it. Then it suffered delays, and I lost interest in desktop computing. (I love the concept of notebooks, even if I’m on a Dell right now...) Then the price skyrocketed and the production numbers plummeted.
It’s best to wait until someone rips this off (Logitech?) and mass-produces a cheaper version.
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:38:30 PM PDT
by
Terpfen
(It's your fault, not Pelosi's.)
To: Swordmaker
not a split ergonomic one....no sale
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:39:06 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Swordmaker
Works with both Macs and PCs.\ Just in time!
The keyboard for my Commodore 64 is almost worn out.
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:41:37 PM PDT
by
Mr. Brightside
(Rudy Giuliani is just another "Empty Dress Republican")
To: Swordmaker
Like hell I'll pay over $100 for a keyboard. I already think I'm getting gouged for the one I'm going to buy for the battlerig I'm building on my computer shop bench:
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:41:46 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Fred Thompson in '08, baby!)
To: Swordmaker
Does the keyboard support multiple languages and display the proper foreign character?
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:46:43 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:50:46 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: Andy from Beaverton
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:51:39 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Viking2002
I already think I'm getting gouged for the one I'm going to buy for the battlerig I'm building on my computer shop benchArm the phasers!
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:52:01 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: Dumpster Baby
Don't laugh. That's on the drawing board. LOL
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:54:58 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Fred Thompson in '08, baby!)
To: Terpfen
Doesn't look like any effort has been made to "cushion" the strokes.
Old electrics (circa 1960s) had fantastic control over key pressure and you could type for hours without feeling like you'd been drumming your fingers into a steel plate.
I have a design that uses a laser array to track finger twitches so that no keyboard at all is needed.
You want qwerty you get qwerty but you can also get your favorite game controller configuration ~ just run the trace and track program.
It should be just as easy to do a one-handed virtual keyboard operation with this design.
All I need is several hundred thousands of dollars for R&D.
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posted on
05/23/2007 7:04:30 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Viking2002
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posted on
05/23/2007 7:09:03 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: Dumpster Baby
HeeheeHAHAHAHAHA....I've been musing about a home-brew simulator for ages....... :-)
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posted on
05/23/2007 7:24:31 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Fred Thompson in '08, baby!)
To: muawiyah
Doesn't look like any effort has been made to "cushion" the strokes. For the amount of money that thing costs, I would think one might be able to manage some sort of force-feedback system. Probably using one actuator per column, plus one each for modifier keys. Using an actuator per key would be a bit too far overkill.
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posted on
05/23/2007 7:36:04 PM PDT
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: Swordmaker
I don’t want an Optimus Maximus keyboard...
... I want an Optimus Prime keyboard.
:-P
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posted on
05/23/2007 7:54:47 PM PDT
by
gogogodzilla
(Republicans only win if they are conservative.)
To: Dumpster Baby
LOL - Look what he has on the desk for serious work... a gum drop iMac.
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posted on
05/23/2007 8:27:01 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
To: Andy from Beaverton
Does the keyboard support multiple languages and display the proper foreign character? That's the whole idea. Because each keytop is a tiny display, the keyboard can dynamically switch to any desired language instantly. You could pull tricks like accommodating Japanese by having the user key in one of the phonetic characters (kana) to specify a sound, then having the keyboard display all the kanji that have that sound. The possibilities are endless.
To: muawiyah
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:24:15 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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