gold detector

[Hak Foo]

What we need is a detector you can wave over a shipping container full of keyboards and it will beep for Alps.

[Findecanor]

I've heard that customs have large X-ray machines that trucks, trailers and containers can run through to look for contraband.
If the fidelity is good enough, train an image recogniser to look for the shape of Alps housings and stems.

[depletedvespene]

Ah, but will the machine be able to reliably distinguish Alps' stuff from the clones?

[Findecanor]

On second thought, I think the metal leaf springs inside will show up more clearly than the plastic housings ... so yes, that would distinguish genuine Alps from clones if the clones use smaller contact leaves.

[JP!]

This sounds pricey. I've trained a machine learning algorithm to sort these keyboards out for me anytime a keyboard comes up for sale online and to auto-buy the ones I would like with faster than human reaction. Data of course comes from the characteristics of known examples.

[Hak Foo]

And then it gets overtrained and you end up with seven hundred G80-11800s dropped on your doorstep.

[abrahamstechnology]

Ah, but will the machine be able to reliably distinguish Alps' stuff from the clones?

Even good clones?