Wow, people you are so awesome :-)
I have never gotten so much positive feedback and help or inspiration yet.
I came across the `mathias` keyboard, but it needs a surface and lacks a mouse, but it's around for a long time and a cool keyboard :-)
I also stumbled across the lime40 which looks very amazing - it doesn't have a mouse though.
I collected some inspiration in a pinterest board
https://www.pinterest.de/serapath/prisonbreak/The playdoh version has a lot of keys and the point it to max out the amount of keys a hand can possibly reach while wearing a glove that attaches the keyboard in an appropriate shape to the heel of your hand or the gloves inner side of your hand and it is supposed to have a trackball too.
I am not in a hurry, but the requirements are very important and i currently hope to translate into technical requirements, like:
1. is a flex pcb the better/preferred option to make this actually minimal and make it work?
2. how many keys can possibly be put onto each keyboardglove?
3. ...
I also saw this design from `irveln`
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/9tyk5r/idea_for_an_ergonomic_thumb_cluster_has_something/ which is inspirational.
I'm not fixated on the exact shape of the playdoh model, but want to iterate on it to make it as minimal and ergonomic as possible, but having also as many keys as possible on it.
Otherwise, I feel this approach to PCB
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11420&start= is very interesting, because it seems to make things more modular and minimal.
After seeing
https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/PBKDMJl i think the "PCB per key" is a good approach, because you could eventually "snap" them into slots of the 3D printed model and then wire them up.
I'm looking for feedback and input from people to get a better idea about the direction or what layout and keys to choose in the end.
1. One requirement is, that the "thumb area" on both "keyboard gloves" is reserved for trackballs.
2. Otherwise, the 4 remaining fingers on each "keyboard glove" should be able to deal with or reach 36 keys at minimum but rather ~40 keys
not every row needs the full amount, but a 6 x 7 key grid would be the target