Keyboards from Outer Space : A Mouse? How Mundane.

[The Canadian]

A Mouse? How Mundane.

This strange-looking peripheral is more than a simple keyboard cut in two. You?ll notice that the right side incorporates a mouse, with two keys taking the place of the right and left click buttons. As for the scroll wheel, you?ll find it on the left half of the device. This two-in-one keyboard answers to the name ?Combimouse? and was thought up by Australian designer Ari Zagnovey in the hope of universalizing the keyboard and A Weapon for the Virtual Warriorrior

This circular keyboard may not seem too interesting at first glance, but it?s actually the ultimate tool for FPS players. Sold by Wolfking, the ?Warrior? keyboard?s ergonomic shape allows a player?s hand to reach the most important keys keys without any extra effort or finger acrobatics. It may seem like there are keys missing here, but don?t worry, the designer didn?t forget them; keeping things stark is crucial for the survival of a player in the virtual world virtual world . With a diameter of 8.7 inches, the Warrior has 52 keys, three of which you cKeyboard of the Futureoard of the Future

Created by Hutchison Harbour Ring Limited, the Virtual Keyboard (VKB) seems to come from another world. It uses a special method of detecting movement based on infrared light and a sensor module. No bigger than a lighter, the VKB can be used with more than computers: it?s also compatible with certain mobile phones and PDAs. What?s more, it connects to your gadgets with the help of Bluetooth, so it can accompany you wherever you go. You can also program the sound that the ?keys? make when you strike them, as well as their sensitivity. Both innovative and practical, the VKB really seems to Carry it Anywhererow.

Carry it Anywhere

Here?s a keyboard as strange as it is useful. Its manufacturer, Heden, offers us a flexible plastic keyboard that?s also waterproof: the keyboard of choice for humid or dusty environments. If you?re the type of person who takes out your frustration on your keyboard, if you accidentally spill your drinks on your desk, or if you work in a spot that?s less than ideal for electronics, this flexible keyboard is ready aGet Attached to this Keyboard

Get Attached to this Keyboard

We could say the ?WristPC Keyboard? from L3 System will fit you like a glove. Yes, it?s pretty much a mini keyboard attached to your wrist. With that out of the way, you should know it?s both comfortable and water resistant, making it a uCostume Keyboardn unusual situations.

Costume Keyboard

Always on top of the innovation game, the Japanese are never lacking in ideas when it comes to peripherals. Angel Kitty, a company based in Taiwan, brings us this unique silicone keyboard turned corset. Since the young lady pictured here doesn?t actually come with the Angel Kitty Kosopure Keyboard, though, it?s up to you to furnish yPlacemat Keyboardbeauty of your choosing.

Placemat Keyboard

Here we have the ?Tiddy typist #2,? a lesson in how to mix table art and technology. Your eyes don?t deceive you: it really is a keyboard built into a place-setting. Entirely washable and equipped with all the basic functions of a normal keyboard, this gadget allows you to eat meals at your desk without worrying about dropping crumbs or spilling potentially dangerous liquids. Thanks to the German industrA Bright Ideaelter for this eccentric creation.

A Bright Idea

More useful than a USB flashlight, check out this illuminated keyboard. Well, maybe not this one exactly. The Luxeed keyboard, made by the Korean company Luxilium Lighting and Technology, offers you the chance to program the color of each key to your liking. It gives you a palette of 512 colors to work with, which will illuminate your Infinitely Configurableyour keyboard shortcuts.

Infinitely Configurable

Conceived as a more relaxing configuration for typing on a keyboard, the ?SafeType Keyboard? seems hard to handle, to say the least. A designer thought this one put users in a neutral position; ironically, the idea was to limit stress. Words can?t do A Keyboard for Tired Handsa photo of this silly idea.

A Keyboard for Tired Hands

Here comes the ?Datahand? into the wide array of technology that aims to make your life more comfortable. Split into two symmetric parts, this keyboard lets you type without moving your hands?all while maintaining a natural and restful position. Each ?button? is designed to receive your tired fingers and has multiple functions?four for thumbs, and five for all the rest. Your index finger controls the mouse. The manufacturer, Datahand System, has a goal: to improve your speed and precision on the keyboard. How? Thanks to all the extrAll-Inclusive Keyboardting on their product offerings, of course.

All-Inclusive Keyboard

In order to best serve the handicapped, Maltron Keyboards developed a keyboard that can be used with just one hand. Its shape, as well as the arrangement of its letters, were thought up specially to allow for fast typing that won?t excessively tire your hand. Users who?ve tried the keyboard can reach up to 85 words per minute, and the majority confirm that they were charmed by this ergonomic keyboard that allowed them to overcome their handicap beLook, Ma: No Keyst this keyboard also comes in a left-handed version.

Look, Ma: No Keys

While you were busy worrying over whether or not your keyboard was wireless, KeyBowl went ahead and created a keyboard without keys keys : the orbiTouch. With the help of two ?globes globes ? that you can point in eight directions, orbiTouch users type up to 40 words a minute, according to the manufacturer. Those globe also work as mice. Don?t be fooled: the handling is difficult. That?s because orbiTouch?s goal isn?t so much to satisfy fans searchinTypewriter Styleto help out handicapped persons who can?t use standard keyboards.

Typewriter Style

Straight from The Steampunk Workshop, this retro keyboard has a certain charisma. With its typewriter typewriter -like appearance, it?s more pretty than practical. Entirely homemade from salvaged materials, each Steampunk keyboard has its own unique personality . What?s more, the creators behind the keyboard we see here have revealed the Organic Materialr own retro keyboard, step by step. Gentlemen, to your blowtorches!

Organic Material

Goodbye modernity, hello back-country charm. After going for our monitors, our cell phone cell phone holders, and plenty of other gadgets, wood continues its ?comeback? by taking over our keyboards. Marubeni Infotec brings us this keyboard decked out in the most classic of materials. Available in different types of wood as well as colors, it has all the functions of a standard keyboard.

Source: tom's GUIDE

Edited September 9, 2008 by The Canadian

[Quillz]

Keyboards are really very interesting pieces of technology. And yet not one of them will ever try to make us move over the superior Dvorak.

[spacer]

Some of those are pretty crazy. I really like the virtual keyboard though. :cool:

[Fish]

I want one of those Steampunk keyboards! :cool:

[Sil3nt]

I like the old school keyboard :cool:

[The Canadian]

Sorry, didn't get to finish editing my post before I had to post it earlier...just finished editing it now...and linked to the source, etc.

[Azusa]

Get Attached to this Keyboard

We could say the ?WristPC Keyboard? from L3 System will fit you like a glove. Yes, it?s pretty much a mini keyboard attached to your wrist. With that out of the way, you should know it?s both comfortable and water resistant, making it a useful tool for typing in unusual situations.

DO WANT!

[strekship]

I like the typewriter one. Would make a great Christmas gift.

[White Cuban]

I like the typewriter one. Would make a great Christmas gift.

+1

and if the wrist one is via wireless USB, im buying one.

lawl going when my friends go to bathroom plug it in and start messing with them when they're in middle of a headshot and close the computer :p

[qdave]

Keyboards are really very interesting pieces of technology. And yet not one of them will ever try to make us move over the superior Dvorak.

its too late to change now :( but with enough effort it would be quite possible.

[primexx]

Keyboards are really very interesting pieces of technology. And yet not one of them will ever try to make us move over the superior Dvorak.

the keyboard doesn't really matter since you could just switch it in the software.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

Costume Keyboard

Always on top of the innovation game, the Japanese are never lacking in ideas when it comes to peripherals. Angel Kitty, a company based in Taiwan, brings us this unique silicone keyboard turned corset. Since the young lady pictured here doesn?t actually come with the Angel Kitty Kosopure Keyboard, though, it?s up to you to furnish your work space with the beauty of your choosing.

I would buy it if it came with that hot Japanese g:Dl :D

[White Cuban]

I would buy it if it came with that hot Japanese girl :D

:/

i don't like the way the japanese use pedo-ish softcore to market they're brands.

[Nelsinho]

wow, very very interesting thanks for share dude :)

[monkey13]

Carry it Anywhere

Here?s a keyboard as strange as it is useful. Its manufacturer, Heden, offers us a flexible plastic keyboard that?s also waterproof: the keyboard of choice for humid or dusty environments. If you?re the type of person who takes out your frustration on your keyboard, if you accidentally spill your drinks on your desk, or if you work in a spot that?s less than ideal for electronics, this flexible keyboard is ready and willing to take on the challenge.

We're looking at these at the moment for computers that are attached to medical devices. So we can keep them clean easily. Standard keyboards are cross-infection nightmares.

[perochan]

:/

i don't like the way the japanese use pedo-ish softcore to market they're brands.

im afraid that method is very useful :)

[C++]

Not one of those pictures incorporated a toilet. I'm disappointed.

[Ironman273]

Neat little article, but Breaking News? Really?