E-Ink Keyboard Allows for Fully Customized Typing

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A start-up company has developed a keyboard that uses e-ink technology so that all the keys can be customized for function and appearance. The Sonder Keyboard could be great for graphic designers, gamers and more.

F or those of us that do a lot of typing, a mechanical keyboard is still more comfortable and efficient to type on for longer periods.  This is part of the reason Tom Hanks was so successful with his skeuomorphic Hanx Writer keyboard app.

Many applications benefit from keyboard shortcuts too, and can really help people be productive. This is true for graphic design apps, CAD, gaming, coding and more.

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Now an Australian start-up company wants to combine the advantages of mechanical keyboards with the ability to customize. By using special E-Ink display technology, they are able to customize every key on the keyboard.

Sonder Design's first product will be fully customized keyboard layouts for everything from Photoshop to a keyboard for Mandarin characters.

"We meticulously designed and engineered the Sonder keyboard, from the inside out."

According to the designers, "the keyboard is performance and design, right at your fingertips. We meticulously designed and engineered the Sonder keyboard, from the inside out."

“Although perhaps cliché, Sonder was inspired by the late Steve Jobs; specifically, his iPhone Keynote address at MacWorld 2007 where his vision of a new user-interface for a smartphone inspired us to further develop the keyboard,” says Chief technology officer Francisco Serra-Martins, who founded the startup with his twin brother Felipe.

Sonder has built in Bluetooth support, so the keyboard will be able to connect it to a PC, Mac, or a Linux box, you can also pair it with an iPad, Android or Windows tablet, PlayStation, or just about anything else that supports Bluetooth input devices.

You can pre-order the Sonder Keyboard now for $199 and the company is planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign later this year.


SOURCE  Sonder Design

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