deskthority

http://portfolio.cooper.stevenson.name/formula_one/formula_one_desktop_with_tablet_montage.jpg Top: F1 in "active state mode." The keyboard knows the active application running on your computer and changes it's display in context. While in the application the display will change also as modifier ke...

I hit on an idea, inspired by the Orion glass cockpit project , to make the F1 useful as a computing environment in it's own right even given it's compact (though still full as far as your hands are concerned) size. I will put a Bluetooth module in the device. For the slight extra expense you get th...

Top render with keycap legend

Version 2:

• * Lowered Space/Shift Key Deck
  * Low Profile Modifier/Space Cluster keys

Here's your orthographic side render:

A full render to check aesthetics:

Update: new design features: a) measures shorter overall b) modified the angle of the meta keys (30 degrees) c. exported to STL for rendering in Blender (coming soon) http://portfolio.cooper.stevenson.name/formula_one/images/keyboard_v2.png As a reminder here is a short video describing it's feature...

[snip] Handmaking one for yourself, and updating a thread with progress and pictures, that's definitely doable. There's quite a few projects like that here in the Workshop . I didn't know about the workshop, thank you! I see from a few posts what others have done to go from concept to working proto...

Aye, you'd need a very strong show of community interest indeed before Kickstarter could be viable. Most projects there fail without a whisper. Things have got to have widespread appeal. Personal projects like this are seldom hits, even on the forum, let alone further afield. Everyone seems to have...

Ah, we are viewing it from the wrong angle... :) The keys that look like funky function keys are modifiers under the bottom row. I came up with the idea independently but it turns out I I stole the it.[\url] I would say that Kickstarter is only for commercial projects, but others may disagree... If...

I created a concept design that implements several of your factors for improvement. Here is a video overview.

http://portfolio.cooper.stevenson.name/formula_one/images/formula_one_v2_rear_ortho.png Here's a concept design for a keyboard that may be used either as a standalone keyboard or as a Linux-based computing environment. Here is a video overview. I want to manufacture this keyboard under an Open Sour...