what are you gonna do about it... nerd!

[comeinalone]

It's, still just a concept but when keyboards like this become ubiquitous we may finally see the end of qwerty (and the beginning of all kinds of new UI). I've been waiting for this technology for about 10 years.

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[michaelpop]

[redelvis]

i move my Forward back and side step buttons 1 to the right... :) but i want to play quake now!!!

[sanserif]

i'm the odd one and use the number pad keys :(

[metaclops]

man that's f'n sweet, wish it was real, but in ergonomic form.

[comeinalone]

i think even more interesting will be this technology applied to devices like ipods, cell phones, car stereos and and the king of confusing buttons, tv/dvd emote controls!

[michaelpop]

Hahah, "Emote Control" would be a rad name for a sad song.

[comeinalone]

LOL totally

[vintagelife]

ok, i'm sorry but that is AMAZING! I WANT ONE NOW!

[ihatesnard]

ME TOO

but micah says probably 2 more years

and also using different LED technology.. like that "paper" kind. the kind theyre going to use to make cereal boxes animated.

[comeinalone]

exactly, like this. it only requires power to change the display so the last image displayed will stay there even after it's turned off.

[anonymous]

that would be hella expensive, 100 tiny high-res color oled screens wired to support spring action, needing a serious cpu/memory/bandwidth for fast updating, built durable enough for daily use.. so what, maybe 4 years? $500?

its a pretty cool visual, but a true hacker shouldn't be looking at the keyboard anyway.. i'd prefer a single button hotkey that throws up a graphical keymap on screen for those brainfart moments..

would you also want your mouse to have little icons on the buttons too?

hey here's an interview with some details...

[numlock]

http://primotechnology.com/index.php?art=articles/0705/optimus/index.htm

[denzoner]

i was drooling over this today too....