Optimus Keyboard

[ztx]

Anyone heard of this keyboard? I've known about it for awhile now, looks like it was only mentioned here once? If not, then you can close/delete this.

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

The pictures are only renders, but it uses OLED technology, so the Optimus's layout can easily be changed. Take alook for more info. They're hoping to release it around 2006, at the price of a good mobile phone. I've looked around and hear it'll be around $200 to $300 USD. It might be worth it.

But considering OLED's don't last that long, I'm not sure. OLED basicly stands for organic light-emitting diode. Basicly, its can be used as a display like LCD, but doesn't use as much power, because it doesn't need the backlit function. OLED's are great and and is cheaper then LCD, but it's lifetime isn't so great. Red/green color's have a lifespan of 20,000 hours+, while blue is well different. I've read there's one with a span of 10,000 hours, but then another in devlopment which has 100,000 hours. It can be more explained, here at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED

How Art. Lebedev Studio will handle the OLED displays, I'm not sure. Don't really want to keep buying a keyboard over and over cause it can't display anything anymore.

So what do you guys think? Let's make a discussion about it.

[kram 2.0]

VERY Cool Keyboard
Does anyone else feel the urge...

Posted twice, but nonetheless neat

kram

[ztx]

Oh bummer ran a search and only came up with one topic..

Well nothing to see here I guess.

[Force Flow]

The info on organic LEDs was new...interesting stuff