TextBlade is a folding QWERTY keyboard the size of a pack of gum

[urbancamo]

Came across this via Cliff Pickover's twitter feed: https://twitter.com/pickover

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2015/01/15/way ... ck-of-gum/

It’s a specially designed Bluetooth keyboard that will work with both iOS and Android devices. The TextBlade features a unique compact snap together magnetic design that fits a full QWERTY keyboard layout with 19mm finger spacing, the same as desktop keyboards, into a tiny package. This is a touch typist’s keyboard with large keys that have a 2mm travel. The TextBlade uses low power Bluetooth 4.0 so that it can run up to a month from a charge.

Could be interesting...

[Findecanor]

There are a few threads on Geekhack about it. Apparently they have a obnoxious person to handle the preorders, and some people got really angry. Longer thread.

The keys are capacitative... but instead of having switches the keyboard detects the user's fingertips when they reach the bottom. That way they can reuse the same physical key for up to six logical keys and put all the stuff on the PCB in the bottom. Quite clever idea but I wonder if the engineering really is complete ... Looks flimsy.

[pcaro]

I think layer selection with both d and k keys pressed can be as good as spacefn or guifn.

https://waytools.com/products/textblade ... -selection

I like a lot the idea, maybe something to test in a keyboard with tmk firmware.