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The future looks bright (although expensive) for keyboards.
The Optimus Maximus 113 keys keyboard pre-order is sold out.
We've been carefully watching (and drooling) for the release of the Optimus Maximus keyboard. Since it costs more than most high end computers, we won't be buying one anytime soon. But the functionality and the idea that in 5 to 10 years this could be the way all keyboard are designed, well we can help getting giddy about it.
Here's the lowdown: Every key on this keyboard is an OLED display which can be customized. The various applications of this is obvious. You pull up a program and presto, your keyboard's displays change for the special functions of that program. Switch to a game and keyboard changes to show the controls. If you're using the traditional QWERTY set up, there's a set of keys that you can configure to access your favorite programs and files. How could somebody not be excited about this leap forward in Human-Computer interaction?
Here's the specs from Art Levbedev Studio:
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Keyboard dimensions: |
width: |
537mm |
depth: |
173mm |
height: |
38mm |
key: |
20.2×20.2mm |
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System requirements
PC with installed OS Windows XP or Vista, with a USB 1.0 (or better 2.0) port; Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher.
At least 20 MB of free space on hard drive.
At least 256 MB of RAM.
- Every key of the Optimus Maximus keyboard is a stand-alone display showing the function it is currently associated with.
- Optimus is equally good for any keyboard layouts—Cyrillic, Ancient Greek, Georgian, Arabic—and so on to infinity: notes, numerals, special symbols, HTML codes, math functions, images etc.
- Every button on the keyboard is easy to remove in order to clean or replace.
- Configurator software allows for programming every button to reproduce a sequence of symbols (up to 256) and editing the image separately for each layout.
[via Engadget]
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