----------------------------------- md Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:49 pm Optimus keyboard ----------------------------------- [url=http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/]Optimus Keyboard Ok, ok... not exactly on topic, but it sure ain't off topic either. Looks sweet for gaming, and for normal use too! Imagine... you could set it to do whatever you wanted, need a compile key? No problem! Want to map "if()", "for(;;)", or any other oft used part of a language to a key? Done! And you can get icons or text on the key too! (I really like it :P). I'm hoping that they find someone to manufacture them, and hopefully getthe cost down so I can affort one. [edit] fixed my typo in the link ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:59 pm ----------------------------------- Yep, wtd showed me this earlier and I had an idea. Why not have each key as an lcd display, and then for whatever program you load the different keys get configured to make that program more convenient to use. That way you don't need to keep configuring each key for your uses, and you have whatever each key does nicely displayed. My patent, no stealing :wink: Really, no stealing or injuries will occur heh. ----------------------------------- md Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:34 pm ----------------------------------- well it's already made of OLEDS... as for the rest that would be a driver things; which I'm sure will be implemented. ----------------------------------- zylum Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:43 pm ----------------------------------- thats sweet! image if they made it cordless... youd have to change the batteries every day! :lol: ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:52 am ----------------------------------- how heavy are those keys? a matrix of OLEDs in each one, a microcontroller to make the image display... a wire connection to the microcontroller to load the icons.. There would have to be a fair bit of mechanical parts involed to keep those heavy keys moving up and down responsivly, while maintaining that cable connection without too much tear. That could ofcourse be avoided by making the keys touch sensetive, but then one might as well make the entire keyboard to be a single touchscreen. PATENT PENDING! ----------------------------------- Martin Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:22 am ----------------------------------- Yeah, it looks pretty slick. I'd buy one. ----------------------------------- md Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:26 am ----------------------------------- how heavy are those keys? ... That could ofcourse be avoided by making the keys touch sensetive, but then one might as well make the entire keyboard to be a single touchscreen. PATENT PENDING! And you could actually change the key sizes, or move them around; It'd just be a giant LCD display with a touch sensor on top! ----------------------------------- 1of42 Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:55 pm ----------------------------------- I've seen that before... I WANT IT! ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:57 pm ----------------------------------- Yeah, actually I saw something like that quite a while ago too. When doom 3 came out, I saw a guy on tv advertising a specific 'doom 3' board that looked a lot like this one. It's probably the same thing though, just expanded. ----------------------------------- Martin Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:34 pm ----------------------------------- I think that the extra keys are so that it can support different language sets. ----------------------------------- Mazer Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:12 pm ----------------------------------- But who types while looking at the keyboard?! ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:29 pm ----------------------------------- I side it once and i will say it again "I am not going to pay $400 for a keyborad when i can get one out of the dumster behind the CS buliding for free". ----------------------------------- Notoroge Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:50 pm ----------------------------------- It's a novelty. It's just plain cool to be playing quake and for each key to show what gun it's bound to. :lol: OMFG, I want one. :cry: ----------------------------------- wtd Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:52 pm ----------------------------------- But who types while looking at the keyboard?! You would if your keyboard looked like that. ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:25 pm ----------------------------------- It's a novelty. It's just plain cool to be playing quake and for each key to show what gun it's bound to. :lol: OMFG, I want one. :cry: Maybe so but i could pain that free keyborad i found and get a free or low cost keyborad for every game and pait it difrently and u get the same thing for free or close to it. I have a stack of about 30 keyborads in my clostes and i whould have no problem making one for each game, lol. ----------------------------------- Cervantes Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:12 pm ----------------------------------- Very true Dan, but that's a pileload of work. And it won't look very nice. We live in North America, a land of lazy perfectionists... with money. ----------------------------------- Tony Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:06 am ----------------------------------- We live in North America, a land of lazy perfectionists... with money. Who would apparently throw out their spyware infested computers and buy new PC hardware [url=http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/16/180221&tid=126&tid=172&tid=98]/. ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:08 am ----------------------------------- We live in North America, a land of lazy perfectionists... with money. Who would apparently throw out their spyware infested computers and buy new PC hardware gives me a thougth, it whould shure be fun to hack that keyborad. Randomly replacing where each key is, try touch typing then :twisted: ----------------------------------- Notoroge Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:53 pm ----------------------------------- It's a novelty. It's just plain cool to be playing quake and for each key to show what gun it's bound to. :lol: OMFG, I want one. :cry: Maybe so but i could pain that free keyborad i found and get a free or low cost keyborad for every game and pait it difrently and u get the same thing for free or close to it. I have a stack of about 30 keyborads in my clostes and i whould have no problem making one for each game, lol.Yeah, like I said, "novelty". Painting keyboards is kinda lame. :/ And the convenience of it. Instead of painting 30 keyboards, just click a few widgets and you're set. Plus, what'd be awsome would be if you could put 3D rotating icons on that thing. That would look so cool. :lol: I could think of so many things to do with that. Like, damn. As soon as I can, I'm getting one. I'll be the first person in Canada to own one. 8) ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:03 pm ----------------------------------- Yeah, but it would be pretty painful to program 30 keyboards and make them have the proper keys. Changing configurations would be a pain too. Plus, what'd be awsome would be if you could put 3D rotating icons on that thing. Having 3D rotating icons in 3d! Have a holographic image above each key :lol:. ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:17 pm ----------------------------------- I could think of so many things to do with that. Like, damn. As soon as I can, I'm getting one. I'll be the first person in Canada to own one. 8) Race ya to it. Wait...I'll be in Japan. Damn it.