What is that to the right of the keyboard on the third slide in the top banner area? Is that some kind of mouse?
Evoluent Vertical Mouse. They edited out its' bright glowing logo from that shot which is at the bottom on the rear of it.
Qwerkywriter: Typewriter-Inspired Mechanical Keyboard
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Re: Qwerkywriter: Typewriter-Inspired Mechanical Keyboard
#22With none of the joys of actually using a mechanical typewriter. Typing on a real mechanical typewriter is really fun, at least until you get tired. You have to put so much force on the keys that your forearms get into it. Stressed? Take out your frustrations on the typewriter. But the best is that carriage return lever -- SLAM! I used to slam that thing so hard that the typewriter would slowly migrate across the des…
As someone who owns two typewriters (a 1949 Royal Arrow and some electric Smith-Corona that I haven't thoroughly identified yet), I'd love to someday build a typewriter-style computer keyboard that operates by actually smacking electrical contacts, just like how a proper typewriter works. Or perhaps have the levers interact with some photoelectric or Hall-effect sensors instead of relying on direct electrical contact. Whatever the case, it would be fantastic (albeit probably annoying to anyone within a 100-meter radius of my desk :) ).
Re: Qwerkywriter: Typewriter-Inspired Mechanical Keyboard
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which run of the mill wireless keyboards have mechanical key switches?
There are quiet a few. For example Matias offers wireless models with Alps key switches. Filco has bluetooth models with Cherry MX switches.
I think the point of the parent comment was that mechanical keyboards (except for maybe the junk Razer sells) aren't considered to be "run-of-the-mill" compared to the millions (if not billions) of rubber-domes floating around, and a wireless mechanical keyboard would be particularly far outside the "run-of-the-mill" classification.