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General => Technoweenies => Topic started by: Pimp-Boy 2000 on July 20, 2005, 02:12:51 PM

Title: Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Pimp-Boy 2000 on July 20, 2005, 02:12:51 PM: I have GOT to get me one of THESE!

Optimus Keyboard (http://artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/)
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 20, 2005, 03:16:59 PM: oh holy hell YEA!

-RuskiFace the Pirate
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on July 21, 2005, 12:19:16 AM: OMFG THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!

It doesn't look like they sell it though?
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Pimp-Boy 2000 on July 21, 2005, 06:17:18 AM: Not yet, I guess. Patent pending....
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 21, 2005, 08:22:27 AM: says it'll come out middle of next year.

and you can bet your kaboose that i'm going to be getting one!

a decent cellphone? $300/bucks or so?

I can do that!

-RuskiFace the Pirate
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on July 21, 2005, 03:51:36 PM: Yeah it'll prolly be at least $100+ for the plain ingenuity. Plus the nice design, that'll throw on another 50 or 100 bucks. I'd say a minimum of $150-200. I'd love to have one, but I'm not about to pay over $200 for a keyboard. But still though..the itch for it is there lingering... *drool*
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Pimp-Boy 2000 on July 21, 2005, 04:10:06 PM: The price will come down eventually. Patent or not, someone's going to copy the idea, and there'll be competition. One hopes, anyway.
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 25, 2005, 08:12:45 AM: Paying? Copies? *shrug* if you really want it, and can't afford it, you could always steal one.

*grin* for me though, I use my keyboard for so many diffrent applications that have varrying routines and keyboard maps (Mechwarrior, or any other flight like simulator for an example) that it would increase the fun value of the games i'm paying $60 for, by more than their initial value... so even if it's just under $300, i'll probibly get one.

-RuskiFace the Pirate
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on July 25, 2005, 10:48:30 AM: Totally true. I wonder if it'll come with software so you can customize the keys and images and stuff. It'd be awesome to create your own pictures for the different keys. It says they're using OLED technology for the tiny screens under the keys.
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 25, 2005, 11:45:25 AM: looks like they are in color as well...

I can't wait for the first round of computer viruses that have the keybord display 'go slot yourself' or something else on there...

-RuskiFace the Pirate
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on July 25, 2005, 02:25:27 PM: LOL that'd be awesome, or someone writes an elaborate hack that infects a system and if that system has this keyboard it displays a large picture or something using each key to display a small part of it.
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 25, 2005, 03:30:57 PM: or each tile could be a small picture, a single scene from any star-wars movie, but if you take a step back and look, it's a big picture of darth-vader's helmet!

-RuskiFace the Pirate

(starts writing code)
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on July 25, 2005, 04:18:49 PM: LoL that'd be awesome... like a keyboard screen saver!
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 25, 2005, 04:48:15 PM: that's an even more usefull idea...

-RuskiFace the Pirate
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Pimp-Boy 2000 on July 25, 2005, 07:09:32 PM: As soon as 1337 h@xx0rz get a hold of this keyboard and its software, we should all be seeing some sweet h@X for it.
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on July 26, 2005, 07:52:36 AM: PH34R M1 L337 5CR33N54V3R 5K1LZ!!!

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Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on February 01, 2006, 03:25:52 PM: Is this out yet?

-RF
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on February 24, 2006, 09:43:01 AM: http://artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus-mini/

A mini 3-key version available for preorder now (first shipment in May).

They're probably still doing development on the full size keyboard.
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ruski on February 24, 2006, 02:53:46 PM: Bah, I don't want shourtcut keys.

I have a whole keypad, with two alts for that.

-RuskiFace the Pirate
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Gilliam on August 22, 2007, 11:11:05 AM: what's happened with this keyboard!! It looks frigging awesome!! my current keyboard is in need of replacement, (the labeling is wearing off) and I'm considering it... if the full size keyboard is out, that is.
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on August 22, 2007, 12:09:50 PM: It's on pre-order status now. The name changed to 'Optimus Maximus Keyboard'.

I still think it's a bad-ass keyboard, but I dunno if it's worth what they're charging ($1564.37 US).

Linky:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/ (http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/)
Title: Re:Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Gilliam on September 01, 2007, 02:48:02 PM: yeah, that's definitely not worth 1.5K dollars. I'd pay 300 for it, but not much more than that.

guess I'll be waiting for the knock-offs. Looks like the early runs are selling well though.
Title: Re: Awesome Keyboard
Post by: Ingo Monk on November 13, 2007, 02:34:39 PM: Optimus Keyboard in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypXAJKF73FA