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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: lowpoly on Fri, 18 December 2009, 17:57:21

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: lowpoly on Fri, 18 December 2009, 17:57:21

(http://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2009/12/10/keystick4.jpg)

(concept)

The idea is that you can always bring your own keyboard so you don't have to touch for ex. public keyboards.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/12/11/folding-fan-is-a-keyboard/ (http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/12/11/folding-fan-is-a-keyboard/)

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 18 December 2009, 18:26:36

i used to do that at work -- with an AEKII
:loco:

ignoring the bizarrely extraneous End key, what do you guys think of the Right Shift / Arrows placement?

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: AndrewZorn on Fri, 18 December 2009, 19:46:37

in general, i despise concept designers.

they basically get paid to do the same "now wouldnt it be cool if" that everyone else does every day.

i guess i should really hate then the car companies and whoever else that employ people for this crap.

(http://the-grayline.com/images/concept-car.jpg)

i mean how many hours did you play extreme-G to think up that one?

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: quadibloc on Fri, 18 December 2009, 21:09:07

Since it could hardly be a very good keyboard - no tactile response or key travel - they shouldn't have stopped at making it a keyboard. Instead, to provide a reason for tolerating a substandard keyboard, this folding fan should be... a whole computer, not just a keyboard.

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 19 December 2009, 08:11:44

That thing doesn't look the least bit ergonomic.

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: quadibloc on Sat, 19 December 2009, 08:14:15

Well, they could improve it by making it go the other way, so that the keyboard is stepped conventionally with the rows near the top of the keyboard higher.

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 19 December 2009, 08:18:21

That's a good idea.

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Sat, 19 December 2009, 12:39:49

Looks like a contender for a new Mac keyboard.  It's minimalist, stupid and somewhat attractive.  Oh, I forgot to mention that it would take considerable engineering expertise to make it work and for very little benefit to the user.  Again, Steve Jobs would wet himself if he saw this.

Title: Folding Fan Is A Keyboard
Post by: audioave10 on Tue, 19 April 2011, 22:40:15

I don't like that. I like a tactile response or any kind of response.