P.00 GLITCH + FROST - CNC Stacked Acrylic & Polycarbonate for Mysterium

[ectoplasmatic]

P.00 GLITCH + FROST
Stacked Acrylic & Polycarbonate Mysterium


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We made a one-off ‘Matrix-Cyberspace-Blade-Runner-Hangul-Rain’ 90’s themed Hacker aesthetic stacked acrylic keyboard (say it 10 times fast?) for Mysterium PCBs, based on a concept by ULLIAM and designed by our team at Protozoa Studio. We got a lot of interest in making a production version.

The matrix hangul text is a translation of Roy Batty’s monologue in Blade Runner (tears in the rain), which ULLIAM used on his desk mats for KAT Cyberspace. The acid green edge glow acrylic matches the well known cyberspace aesthetic.

A one-off GLITCH was built by MaxF: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/834299929. The design has been refined and changed (see renders and description). Production units of the GLITCH will have the etched design but no GID infill (this can be DIY’ed at your own risk).

There are 2 versions, (1) ‘P.00 GLITCH’ (matrix rain style), (2) 'P.00 FROST’ (regular style).

Both are compatible with Mysterium PCBs from CFTKB.com or P.01 PCBs from protozoa.studio.

Looking forward to your questions and feedback.

P.00 - GLITCH

+ Material: acid green edge glow acrylic
+ Plate: 3mm acrylic plate
+ Manufacturing: CNC milled, not laser cut
+ Typing Angel: 6 Degrees
+ Design Details:
    + etched Hangul Matrix Rain
    + rounded filleted edges on top and bottom
    + stainless countersunk custom hardware and bumpons
    + aluminium Protozoa badge
+ Accessories: Protozoa bag, microfiber cloth, pin, stickers
+ Price: 210$
+ PCB: compatible with Mysterium PCBs. Protozoa custom silkscreen P.01 PCB available for 75$
+ Where: http://protozoa.studio
+ Delivery: April 2021

P.00 - FROST

+ Material: Polycarbonate
+ Plate: 1.5mm polycarbonate plate
+ Typing Angel: 6 Degrees
+ Manufacturing: CNC milled, not laser cut
+ Design Details:
    + frosted polycarbonate (sand blasted) with clear top
    + rounded filleted edges on top and bottom
    + stainless countersunk custom hardware and bumpons
    + aluminium Protozoa badge
+ Accessories: Protozoa bag, microfiber cloth, pin, stickers
+ Price: 170$
+ PCB: compatible with Mysterium PCBs. Protozoa custom silkscreen P.01 PCB available for 75$
+ Where: http://protozoa.studio
+ Delivery: April 2021

Shipping:

From 2021 onwards, Protozoa Studio is a transatlantic vendor.
For this and future group buys, Protozoa Studio will be shipping from both USA and UK to reduce shipping costs for our customers.

Prices are subject to change:

USA (USPS) - 20$
CAN (USPS) - 30$
UK (UPS) - 10$
EU (DPD) - 20$
ASIA (DHL) - 50$
AUS & NZ (DHL) - 40$
Rest of World - 50$

Thank you for your support, comments, feedback, interest, disinterest, enthusiasm - everything.
The Protozoa Team (Ecto, Sailer, Hunter) + ULLIAM

[powwu]

Whoah. That's beautiful. Very interesting, glad to see advances made for Mysterium cases. GLWIC

[PHYLO]

The way those layers look are super duper unique and cool. Nice!

[Ulliam]

Praise be to Odin, This came out so good! Thank you so much guys for making my word vomit this beautiful reality, I don't even know how you did it!

[T.Pineapples]

Are there gaps between the layers in the green renders, or are my eyes just tripping? Really nice regardless.

[ibsnugg]

You guys are putting out some fantastic work!

[norb]

dope af design, will there be iso available?

[treeleaf64]

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oh I realize this comment is not very helpful so I will try to help you out

You should add the typing angle as well   

[blaqbern]

Really interesting design, particularly on the green one. Badge looks great as well. Curious about the top; it looks like there are three layers above the plate (ie: 9mm). The top of most cases is 6 - 6.5 mm, so I'm thinking the keycaps would be considerably "sunk in" to the top. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it would be nice to see some renders with keycaps to get a better idea of how this would look.
I'll be watching this one; awesome work

[Current Keyboards]

Dayuuuumn. That green one is slick as hell. I could see that etching idea being adapted to a ton of different designs.

[Shiro]

Been waiting for this IC, so hype for this!!

[_rubik]

Wow. This is seriously unique; I love it

[elrot]

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

[Havattack]

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

My thoughts exactly!

[loop | esc lab]

This is insanely cool work. Good stuff.

[_rubik]

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

[Havattack]

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

Does "through-hole work" mean soldering the components on the pcb? You are definitely not alone.....but i hate it. I am warming up the process though. No pun intended.

[_rubik]

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

Does "through-hole work" mean soldering the components on the pcb? You are definitely not alone.....but i hate it. I am warming up the process though. No pun intended.

I do mean soldering the components, yes. I mention through-hole specifically because I'm not a fan of working with surface mount components, so PCBs like this are a goldmine of fun! (fun is relative, of course)

[Debido666]

Dimensions? Guessing 7 3mm sheets, so 21mm thick?

[KCK]

This is amazing man, very unique. Definitely interested!

[ectoplasmatic]

This is amazing man, very unique. Definitely interested!

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

This is insanely cool work. Good stuff.

Glitch is stunning! Might end up being my first TKL   

My thoughts exactly!

Wow. This is seriously unique; I love it

Been waiting for this IC, so hype for this!!

Dayuuuumn. That green one is slick as hell. I could see that etching idea being adapted to a ton of different designs.

You guys are putting out some fantastic work!

Whoah. That's beautiful. Very interesting, glad to see advances made for Mysterium cases. GLWIC

The way those layers look are super duper unique and cool. Nice!

Thanks so much for your kind words and support, It's such a pleasure to be able to get that kind of feedback, for the whole team! Please do watch out for the GB next month if you're still interested when the time comes.

Dimensions? Guessing 7 3mm sheets, so 21mm thick?

You're on point. The plate is included in that measurement too.

Is it possible to buy the PCBs bundled with components bundled, but not assembled? I'm not sure why, but I find through-hole work therapeutic. Maybe I'm alone in wanting this.

Yes for sure, this is how the PCBs come as standard, with components that you have to solder yourself. We are considering an option for those who find soldering all the components intimidating, I'll hopefully have some news on that in a few weeks time around GB start.

Really interesting design, particularly on the green one. Badge looks great as well. Curious about the top; it looks like there are three layers above the plate (ie: 9mm). The top of most cases is 6 - 6.5 mm, so I'm thinking the keycaps would be considerably "sunk in" to the top. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it would be nice to see some renders with keycaps to get a better idea of how this would look.
I'll be watching this one; awesome work

Yes indeed you're right - it is 9mm above the plate. I always aim on all my non-stacked plastic designs for 7.8-8mm, standard is around that much for most designers. Unfortunately because of availability of plastic sheets that mostly come in 3mm thickness, we have to use multiples of 3. I'll make sure we get some renders with keycaps as well!

dope af design, will there be iso available?

Mysterium V1 doesn't have ISO, but Mysterium V2 from CFTKB.com does. We are however looking into updating our P.01 Mysterium PCB for ISO, plus a few other features.

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oh I realize this comment is not very helpful so I will try to help you out

You should add the typing angle as well   

Very good point thanks Treeleaf! It is 6 degrees.

Are there gaps between the layers in the green renders, or are my eyes just tripping? Really nice regardless.

it is a bit trippy haha. No there are no gaps, the profile is staggered and the translucency plays tricks with our eyes.

[ttttug]

Yes, yes, yes. I'm 100% in for Glitch. It'll look fantastic alongside my P.02!