I really admire the effort it had to take to construct a microswitch keyboard from scratch, but at the same time you have to ask yourself, “Why?” I mean, I have at least 5 keyboards just laying around my house not hooked to anything. Granted, they’re not trying to be ergonomic like this DIY keyboard design, but I could easily use an existing keyboard and modify it.
Well, okay, I couldn’t, but SOMEONE could. Even an ergonomic keyboard only runs you about $50 brand new. I have one at the house that lasted over 8 years and only fell out of favor with me when I broke the spacebar removing the keys for a seriously overdue cleaning. If it wasn’t for that, and a bit of declining action on the keyboard, I would’ve kept using it until the advent of those keyboards with DVD player and volume controls built onto the keyboard itself (those are very handy).
I can appreciate the effort (it makes a neat image gallery), but until this idea gets mass-produced, I don’t see a huge rush to adopt this. Even if it does get picked up, it’s going to be a niche market of hardcore computer users and possibly gamers. Still, considering how much typing I do during a day, either at work or at home, I’d pick one up if it could be had for under $100. Not exactly crazy about the staggered key levels, but if it eases the strain on my hands, I’m all for learning it.
Tags: diy, keyboards, computer peripherals, gadgets, do it yourself, ergonomic keyboard
