Google Japan unveil DIY ‘Conveyer Belt Keyboard’

Google Japan unveil DIY ‘Conveyer Belt Keyboard’

Google Japan has continued its annual tradition of absurd hardware concepts by unveiling the “Conveyor Belt Keyboard”, a mechanical input device combined with a miniaturized industrial treadmill designed to rotate keys directly to the user’s fingers. Read: ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo Review: Two-screen titan The concept device replaces the traditional static key matrix with a…

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Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups

Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups

The Clicks Communicater smartphone on display. Startup Clicks Technology makes a Blackberry phone. Clicks When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, physical keyboards quickly lost ground to touchscreens and faded from mainstream smartphones. Now, a new wave of startups, including U.K.-based Clicks Technology and Chinese firm Unihertz, is bringing them back and carving out a…

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