Optimus Maximus
A friend of mine sent me a link to this video from the 2008 CES. You may have seen this already: it’s called the Optimus Maximus and we wants it.
“Problem: Design a keyboard with screens embedden in each button.
Each key is a stand-alone display that shows the function currently assigned to it.
Optimus’s customizable layout allows convenient use of any language—Cyrillic, Ancient Greek, Georgian, Arabic, Quenya, hiragana, etc.—as well as of any other character sets: notes, numerals, special symbols, HTML codes, math functions and so on to infinity.
How long does a screen live?
Non-stop glow time at nominal brightness declared by the manufacturer is 20,000 hours. If you work for eight hours every day, including weekends and holidays, the screens will last for about seven years. After that, the display will not die instantly, but begin to fade gradually (like the sun in billions of years).What does the ambient light sensor do?
The ambient light sensor allows for having the displays’ brightness automatically adjusted up or down depending on whether it’s getting dark or light. Additionally, you can adjust brightness manually. Automatic or manual control is available through the Optimus Configurator software.”
More information from the official site here.
And a demo from the 2008 CES on Youtube here.
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