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das keyboard: no letters = faster typing

filed under: computing | design | media players | strange and wonderful

DAS Ultimate Keyboard Black up Close

I sit at a computer much of the day and always thought I was a pretty fast typer. But apparently, those pesky painted letters on my key caps are actually slowing me down. Thankfully, there’s a new keyboard that gets rid of the tiny bit of extra drag that those characters put on my tapping fingertips…

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posted: July 13th, 2008 stumble it! 14 comments author: technabob

decorating do: numeric keypad chairs arranged in order

filed under: design | just plain fun

Numeric Keyboard Chair

I have no idea what the story is behind this set of numeric keypad/calculator chairs is, but I do know I think it’s super cool!

I wish so badly that I could explain the rationale behind this or tell you whether or not it’s concept art or a commercial product, but I still haven’t learned how to read Japanese characters…

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posted: June 30th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: karen

cool red cube hides a high-tech label maker

filed under: gadgets

King Jim Label Maker

Inside this unassuming red cube lurks a fancy shmancy label making system.

Click the black button and the top opens up to reveal a keyboard and LCD screen. The keyboard appears to be a standard US qwerty version, but unfortunately (for those of us who can’t read Kanji characters, that is) the screen text looks to be in Japanese…

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posted: June 16th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: karen

delete key flyswatter kills bugs dead

filed under: design | gadgets

delete key flyswatter ding3000 fred

There isn’t much worse than trying to swat an annoying fly with nothing but your hand. What better way to obliterate buzzing, disease-carrying insects but with this delete key flyswatter?..

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posted: June 14th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

dork up your dinner with pc salt and pepper shakers

filed under: design | just plain fun

PC Salt and Pepper

These salt and pepper shakers are made to look like the S and P letter keys on your computer keyboard! They come with this cool box to complete the qwertastic look…

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posted: June 11th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: karen

keyboard shortcut art issues command: buy this!

filed under: geek art & craft

commard art print

If you’ve been searching for fun affordable art that features those convenient shortcut keys, this might be your lucky day. Clever Brooklyn graphic designer Christopher David Ryan has created the Command print series for his online shop, My Little Underground…

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posted: June 5th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: thescholar

giant keyboard requires massive fingers (or toes)

filed under: hacks-mods | strange and wonderful

Giant Keyboard Rug by Maurin Donneaud

If you’ve ever complained that the keys on your computer are too small for your fingers, have I got a keyboard for you. This ginormous keyboard is so big - How big is it, Bob? - It’s so big that in order to type on it, you need to walk almost 20 feet to get from one end of the keyboard to the other…

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posted: May 28th, 2008 stumble it! 6 comments author: technabob

performance-enhancing keyboard skins for your mac

filed under: computing

keyboard skin front view

If you can’t keep your apple-shift-Ls straight from your apple-shift-Ps then these performance-enhancing keyboard shortcut skins might be just the thing for you. Designed for use with Macs in Photoshop, Aperture, and more, these skins are like the Cliff’s Notes for the modern era…

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posted: May 24th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: karen

steampunk computer accessories hit ebay

filed under: computing | hacks-mods

Steampunk Computer Monitor and Keyboard

This certainly isn’t the first time that I’ve seen a steampunk computer design, but it’s a quick way for you to turn your machine into something that H.G. Wells himself would be proud of. Recently sighted over on eBay, here’s a set of custom-modded steampunk accessories for your PC…

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posted: May 15th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

handpainted keyboards offer dazzling, dizzying designs

filed under: computing | design | geek art & craft

Handpainted USB Keyboards

If you’re like most people, your computer keyboard is probably either black, white or some shade in between. If you happen to have an older PC or Mac, maybe it’s a cigarette smoke-tinged beige. These handpainted USB keyboards couldn’t bend the rules more…

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posted: May 6th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

tonal plexus synthesizers get up to 1688 keys

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

Tonal Plexus Micro-tonal Keyboard Synthesizer

If you thought that the 312-key Chromatone synthesizer had a few more keys than your everyday piano, just wait ’til you get a load of the Tonal Plexus and its even more plentiful keyboard design…

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posted: March 28th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

my touch keys adds tactile feedback to iphone, sorta.

filed under: media players | mobile tech

My Touch Keys Tactile Overlay for iPhone

Do you love the iPhone, but struggle with the smooth on-screen keyboard? Personally, I’ve found it pretty easy to use, but the touchscreen definitely doesn’t offer the touch-typing feedback that you get with physical keys…

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posted: March 25th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

iphone + piano = iano

filed under: hacks-mods | mobile tech

iPhone Piano iAno

I don’t know what’s in the water this week, but I seem to have a serious music theme going on here. Do you like to play piano? Got an iPhone? Well, if you happen to have jailbroken yours, you can now turn it into a musical instrument…

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posted: February 16th, 2008 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

giant mouse pad offers tons of surface area

filed under: computing | design

Ratscar Deskpad eSporter XXL Giant Mouse Pad

Do you ever find yourself running out of space on your mouse pad? This massive mousing surface gives you plenty of room to roam.

The smartly designed Ratscar Deskpad eSporter XXL provides a huge work area which gives you usable space on both the left and right side of your keyboard…

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posted: January 8th, 2008 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

keyboard folds in half to fit in overhead bins

filed under: strange and wonderful

Vax 77 Folding Keyboard

Here’s a unique keyboard for the musician who’s got to take their instrument everywhere they go. The Infinite Response Vax 77 is designed to fold in half so it can fit in the overhead compartment on airplanes…

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posted: October 25th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

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