If you’re a fan of revolutionary design, then you’re going to like this: startup Product Design has listed this glass keyboard and glass trackpad on Kickstarter for funding. Made using tempered glass, the multitouch peripherals rely on touchscreen tech called FTIR (Frustrated Total Internal Reflection) which basically uses infrared lights and a camera for detecting user input.
Don’t let the “pretty” description fool you. The Logitech G510 is seriously awesome if you’re into high-end gaming peripherals (otherwise, it’s just a seriously expensive $120 keyboard to use for blogging and typing and stuff). It’s got the gaming features that we should all be familiar with by now, with 18 programmable keys that can be set do key combos, media buttons for volume control and multimedia playback, and a GamePanel LCD that gives you live info (like game stats, system data or notifications). The backlit keys are pretty slick too, but we mainly like the custom lighting because the default blue glow on our keyboard is beginning to look boring.
This new keyboard from Canadian accessory-maker Matias might look like a standard (a really old kind of standard) keyboard with a space to plop down your phone, but we have to admit that the potential is intriguing—especially if you’re an iPhone or iPod touch owner.
From the title, you already know that the SideWinder X4 is a gaming keyboard, so let’s start with the most obvious question: what’s anti-ghosting? “Ghosting” is the term used for the times when your regular (lame) keyboard spazzes out when you try pressing a complex key combo within a game. For example, holding the W and A keys, while regularly tapping on the spacebar, moving through the arrow keys, and holding down the Ctrl and TAB keys at once (yeah, it sounds improbable, but have you tried playing 2K Sports’ NBA 2K10 on a keyboard?) This keyboard’s anti-ghosting tech aims to eliminate the “spazzing-out” part by allowing you to press up to 26 keys at once—which might mean that you’re the one spazzing out. Yeah, you should get that checked out, man.
Accessory brand Mad Catz Interactive has announced what has got to be counted as some of the world’s coolest (or at least coolest-looking) computer keyboards and mice under their Eclipse brand label. Four products have been unveiled, including two mice (mobilemouse, touchmouse), and two slim keyboards (litetouch, wireless litetouch)—all good enough to match a modern desktop setup with cutting-edge design and unique features.
