Enlarge / One keyboard. One row. Long enough for two users. (credit: Google Japan)
Google Japan has a history of joke keyboard concepts that challenge common notions of computing input. The latest concept, the Gboard Stick Version, places every key in the same row, so hunting and pecking can take a more linear approach.
As shown in Google Japan's YouTube video below, it appears Google Japan actually prototyped the lengthy keyboard. Google will not be mass-producing or selling it, but there are GitHub files available with open source firmware, circuit diagrams, and design drawings to build the keyboard yourself. The GitHub page is careful to note that "this is not an officially supported Google product." Google Japan's blog post from Saturday said you could make the Gboard Stick Version with a 3D printer.
Google Japan's video for the Gboard Stick Version.
As designed, the keyboard is an extraordinary 5.25 feet (1,600 mm) long. If you think that's lengthy, the company said the original prototype was 7.87 feet (2,400 mm) long. The keyboard uses 17 boards total, including 16 for mounting the keys and a control board.
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Enlarge / One keyboard. One row. Long enough for two users. (credit: Google Japan)
Google Japan has a history of joke keyboard concepts that challenge common notions of computing input. The latest concept, the Gboard Stick Version, places every key in the same row, so hunting and pecking can take a more linear approach.
As shown in Google Japan's YouTube video below, it appears Google Japan actually prototyped the lengthy keyboard. Google will not be mass-producing or selling it, but there are GitHub files available with open source firmware, circuit diagrams, and design drawings to build the keyboard yourself. The GitHub page is careful to note that "this is not an officially supported Google product." Google Japan's blog post from Saturday said you could make the Gboard Stick Version with a 3D printer.
Google Japan's video for the Gboard Stick Version.
As designed, the keyboard is an extraordinary 5.25 feet (1,600 mm) long. If you think that's lengthy, the company said the original prototype was 7.87 feet (2,400 mm) long. The keyboard uses 17 boards total, including 16 for mounting the keys and a control board.
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October 03, 2022 at 10:43PM
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