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Title: The keyboard god!
Post by: RussianVodka on July 15, 2005, 07:07:37 pm: Behold: http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
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Post by: Phinehas on July 15, 2005, 08:22:43 pm: 8o 8o 8o

Actually, I\'m a little skeptical as to it\'s ability to take the abuse dished out by gamers, etc. etc., but still... 8o
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Post by: Induane on July 15, 2005, 08:45:01 pm: Is it available for purchase?
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Post by: Seytra on July 15, 2005, 09:02:08 pm: The site states that
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From Art.Lebedev Studio site
July 14
Optimus keyboard concept completed

Therefore, this is a prototype. Mass production has not set in, if it ever will, so it\'ll not be up for grabs for at least some months AFAICS. Also, knowing that these little displays cost a lot, it\'ll be very pricey.
Add to that that it will require special drivers and support by the applications and it\'ll become a lot less attractive. Still, this is quite neat, especially since I\'m pretty sure that you can, with the right coding, make an amazing lightshow from it. :)
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Post by: RussianVodka on July 15, 2005, 09:05:44 pm: I don\'t like the idea of using this for games, but if you are an artist using photoshop or 3dsmax, this could realy come in handy.
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Post by: Drey on July 15, 2005, 09:11:19 pm: 8o

i want one!

its like sooo cool.
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Post by: Seytra on July 15, 2005, 09:11:29 pm: Quote
Originally posted by RussianVodka
I don\'t like the idea of using this for games, but if you are an artist using photoshop or 3dsmax, this could realy come in handy.

It\'ll not be very useful for gaming, because when gaming you usually don\'t even look at the keyboard, thus all the neatness would be wasted. However, it would still make a great modding addition, considering that when gaming, you also don\'t look at / inside your case. :)

It will have a utility function in nonstandard applications, but I would certainly use it for games, too, if I had one. As for the abuse... it\'ll probably be a little more susceptible, and most ceretainly it\'ll not react well to being immersed in lemonade. Still, I think that it can be made to live through the beatings a keyboard gets when gaming, or when running Windows 9X/ME (repeated BSOD\'s).

Edit: Oh, and let\'s not forget that with that thing we can finally replace the stupid Windoze keys by something worth having a dedicated key, like penguins and little devils. :D
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on July 15, 2005, 09:32:19 pm: ...... 8o

Two words. How much. :D

That\'s sooo cool!!! You could customize the keyboad so the middle row is like abcdefghi. :P
Plus it looks sweet.

The buttons are all Mac thingy related. I hope it\'s pc compatable....not that I\'ll be able to get one any time soon.

Edit: removed some smilys. I had one at the end of each row which was a rule under that cabal list sep had a long time ago. @_@
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Post by: Seytra on July 15, 2005, 09:44:38 pm: It\'ll most likely be an USB keyboard, and as such it\'ll be possible to make it work anywhere.

As for customising the keys: you\'d have to customise the keyboard driver for that, unless the keyboard itself supports internal remapping.
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Post by: leji on July 15, 2005, 09:54:07 pm: I doubt it would survive long under your swift fingers Drey, you\'d better give it to me :P
The keys must be a hell to press with all the wires needed to display stuff on them :/
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Post by: Aldaron on July 15, 2005, 10:33:35 pm: 8o 8o 8o

It\'s a dream for all the blender-maniacs :D

Sorry my bad english.
salu2.
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Post by: Seytra on July 15, 2005, 10:34:16 pm: The keys won\'t need a lot of wires if they utilise the I2C bus or a similar system, so it\'d be 6 wires at most per key. Considering that only two of them would need to supply some power, the entire wiring can be tiny, not hard to press.
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Post by: steuben on July 15, 2005, 10:38:37 pm: i saw this on slashdot. and i though i want one. this is so cool.

but thinking about it. if it does go usb, i hope they have a default setting for installation of \"insert os here\".

that keyboard probably has a similar amount of processing power and memory to some older computers. i wonder about hacking it to tap some of that extra computer power.
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Post by: Induane on July 15, 2005, 10:49:13 pm: Quote
but thinking about it. if it does go usb, i hope they have a default setting for installation of \"insert os here\".

one of those better be Linux

Also it would have to be USB I\'d think - I doubt you\'d get enough power from a PS2 Port.
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on July 15, 2005, 11:20:13 pm: What if you spill like coke on it? My sister spilled coke on my old keyboard...
And what if you want to clean it?

Doesn\'t seem very family friendly, or me friendly. :P
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Post by: RussianVodka on July 15, 2005, 11:32:33 pm: Well, I don\'t know how average-user friendly it is, but for maniacs, it sure as hell beats the Z-Board.
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Post by: leji on July 19, 2005, 05:40:48 pm: Not sure that kind of stuff could be compatible with linux, seems a bit too .. specific :)
Edit: my bad:
It will be OS-independent (at least it?s going to be able to work in some default state with any OS).
Edit2: It will be an open-source keyboard, SDK will be available. <- :D :D
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Post by: druke on July 19, 2005, 05:50:23 pm: SDK, a key server, shoot they\'re from Russia i am sure thart had more than windows in mind!
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Post by: Kwip on July 19, 2005, 06:24:33 pm: Hmm, it looks like it would be almost impossible to clean under the keys though (unless they make it self-cleaning :D ) as they will probably not be removable.
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Post by: schloob on July 20, 2005, 04:15:10 am: it\'s nothing compared to das keyboard :]

http://www.daskeyboard.com/
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on July 20, 2005, 04:17:25 am: Quote
Originally posted by schloob
it\'s nothing compared to das keyboard :]

http://www.daskeyboard.com/

.....lol?

Oh btw, I\'m guessing the other keyboad would zap the juice right out of batteries. My wireless one uses em quite a bit, I can just imagine that one...
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Post by: schloob on July 20, 2005, 04:42:37 am: actually, i just looked at the specs for that keyboard and i was impressed. i just looked at a picture of it and thought it looked lame. i still think das keyboard is cooler though :p why? because it\'s DAS KEYBOARD!
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Post by: Keyaz on July 20, 2005, 05:29:53 am: so paint all your keys black, theres a das keyboard :|

I\'ll be stealing the first optimus i see :D
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on July 20, 2005, 05:42:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Demarthl
so paint all your keys black, theres a das keyboard :|

I\'ll be stealing the first optimus i see :D

No, you see dem, some keys wll be harder to press than others. It will let you type 100 times faster and your iq will jump up 100 points.
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Post by: kbilik on July 20, 2005, 06:14:52 am: Quote
Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
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Originally posted by Demarthl
so paint all your keys black, theres a das keyboard :|

I\'ll be stealing the first optimus i see :D

No, you see dem, some keys wll be harder to press than others. It will let you type 100 times faster and your iq will jump up 100 points.

I bet all those harder to press keys will also add two inches to your biceps and 150 lbs to your bench :P . You\'ll also learn how to type in pitch black conditions :D
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Post by: Watcher on July 29, 2005, 06:26:08 pm: Optimus MAXIMIZE! I couldn\'t resist, I like the idea of the keyboard and if it is customisable then it would rock.
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Post by: Platyna on July 29, 2005, 07:47:03 pm: My keyboard comes from old IBM terminal, is big, heavy and older than most of you...and I love it. ;)
It has no these annoying windoze keys and after eight hours of banging in it my wrists are in perfect condition. So no idea why anyone would need anything else.:P

Regards.
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Post by: Keyaz on July 29, 2005, 09:40:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
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Originally posted by Demarthl
so paint all your keys black, theres a das keyboard :|

I\'ll be stealing the first optimus i see :D

No, you see dem, some keys wll be harder to press than others. It will let you type 100 times faster and your iq will jump up 100 points.

if you really beleive it\'ll do that you need a good slap in the face with the tango inflatable orange hand. a keyboard will not raise your iq or typing speed

practice raises speed, your iq isnt based on your qwerty setup, it is derived from all knowledge that exists and how much you know, common sense helps too.

now then, if you want a keyboard with nothing on it go ahead, but when you spend half an hour to find the G key i\'ll be watching anime girls in bikinis wave the letters at me :p
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Post by: lanser on July 30, 2005, 01:37:58 pm: Why have a Das when you can have a keyboard designed for a real OS
http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/en/hhkeyboard/ for a really happy hacker :)
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Post by: Seytra on July 30, 2005, 07:40:53 pm: Well, the das board and the blank keytop one surely are best when it comes to internationalization. :D