geekhack GB post here https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=126716.0

I got the 2nd gen odyssey ark few months ago and while the screen size is awesome, it's been breaking my neck. Learned my lesson that bigger is not always better

UPDATE!

Added US vendor: Bowlkeyboards

Samples are arrived and i redid all the renders ( N9 were too light in the renders while in real life it is decidedly dark)

Lime 389c is perfect, the purple is a bit too light/lilac in some situations, I wanna try something more vibrant

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that's a great followup with the renders.  I own all of the GMK sets with N9 and I definitely think the new renders look closer to my IRL experience.   :thumb:  Still makes me want the all lime version even more.  It looks amazing.  I do agree that the purple needs more of a punch to match that lime intensity.

they won't do it,

That indecipherable doggeral is not really worth the effort, but I think that what you are talking about is Republicans continuing the war in Iran.

Of course the people in this country are overwhelmingly against yet  another  Middle East war, but what it seems like I am also hearing is that we are practically out of bombs and ammunition.

The scenario in the 1960s (aka Cold War era aka Vietnam era aka Space Race era) was very very different. The "Military/Industrial Complex" (+NASA) was a colossal money machine that drove an economy in the US in concert with the federal government. And although we were sending lots of "stuff" to Vietnam and space it was American stuff, made in America with American money.

Today, America makes very little "stuff" (thanks, Reagan!) and what industry is left operates with an attitude of antagonism to the government rather than in partnership with it. So that the net effect is that wars are far more "expensive" today relative to society, plus those depleted supplies are not manufactured in America any more - keeping American money at home - but is yet another drain.

Will we literally run out of ammunition?

The bearing ball must be touching directly the table (or some big pad (cushion) put on the table) to provide easy movement. Your design provides easy movement only withing the cushion area which is drawn about the same size as the whole device for one hand. Also the balls must be able to move around in the device if you want to use only rolling friction. Your proposal does not handle this at all.

In the second design, the ball is captive in the upper half (blue color, with orange cushion on top) where the hand rests on.
The upper part slides in the lower part which is basically a cup (grey part...).
So, the balls roll on a stationary (non moving) metal base.
This allows the upper part to slide...

The size difference between upper and lower part dictate the freedom of movement.
The balls are held in the bearing surfaces (pink) that sit in the upper part (blue/cyan).
You can simply lift the upper part (which holds the balls) out of the lower part (grey).
This allows cleaning or lubricating the inside of the lower part.

In the first version it's the same, just reversed...
Balls are held captive in the lower part, and the upper part rides on them.
But, as mentioned, this would make the upper part tilt in extended position (moving to the outside).

The goal is to be able to slide your palm about 1 Inch in all directions...
On a 60% board, resting your palms on a palm rest, fingers on home row, about 1 inch is all it takes to reach any key.
The Puk is not meant to slide your hands across the table (going Alphas to Numpad or similar) but just for typing in the Alpha-Area.

Hope this makes it more clear...
Maybe I should make a animation or something?