Program Pictures On Your Keyboard.

[FRETPICK]

http://item.slide.com/r/1/121/i/oh7i...TCmuqyIJQsQtG/


It's not often a new keyboard attracts widespread attention - then again, it's not often a new keyboard costs $1,500.

However, the Russian company behind the much-hyped and long-awaited Optimus Maximus keyboard is about to start taking pre-orders from computer owners with more money than sense.
The Art Lebeved keyboard justifies its extravagant price tag by placing a small OLPC display behind each of the 113 keys. Specially programmed software will be able to change the picture on each of the 48 x 48 pixel displays - allowing games(what they should mean is DAW's) to display customised shortcut layouts, for example.


The first batch of 200 keyboards will start to ship at the end of November, but wealthy typists who are keen to get their hands on the device can place pre-orders from May 20.

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/


Bit of a hugh $£ tag at the mo but I'm sure it will come down. Great uses for DAW if it ever happens.

[SorenP]

although that looks sexy. and i'm sure they will sell tons, that's ridiculous. In the most fun sense of the word that's ridiculous. It's like those $200 "protools specific" keyboards digidesign used to sell. then they started selling a set of stickers that you could put on a keyboard with all the short cuts.

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by SorenP

although that looks sexy. and i'm sure they will sell tons, that's ridiculous. In the most fun sense of the word that's ridiculous. It's like those $200 "protools specific" keyboards digidesign used to sell. then they started selling a set of stickers that you could put on a keyboard with all the short cuts.

A studio I used to work for had those stickers; it really helped me to remember which ones are used for which shortcut. It kind of reminds me of the "light-up" pianos that tell you where to put your fingers to play which song. People will buy these, then the technology will become cheaper and cheaper until circuit city is selling them for $100. Does anyone else think this will catch on? besides games and DAW work, what else could people use this technology for?