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A Waterproof Rollable Keyboard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the finally-a-keyboard-I-won't-break dept.

was writes "Inpace limited has released a keyboard that is waterproof, and can "withstand most detergents, disinfectants and sterilisers" and can be rolled up for ultra portability!" I'll avoid assorted obvious dirty jokes about water proof keyboards and let you guys roll your own.

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  1. WATERPROOF FLEXI-KEYBOARD PRICES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    FLEXI-KEYBOARD 2 Qty:1-5 UNITS $110.00 PER UNIT

    FLEXI-KEYBOARD 1 Qty:1-5 UNITS $254.00 PER UNIT

    SHIPPING CHARGED AT COST

    FOR FURTHER INFO:
    ben.w@inpace.com / mike.m@inpace.demon.co.uk

    Thanks
    Ben Woodruff
    iNPACE LTD

  2. And it's only 102 key! by Holgate · · Score: 2

    Use something like xkeycaps: that way you can have both a META and ALT key for emacs, as well as a "Compose" or "Multi-key" to get all those nice Latin-1 symbols.

  3. Design problems...? This is weird. by clintp · · Score: 2
    What's with the "bulge"? I assume most of the electronics are there, but it seems like it would annoy:

    • lefties because to take up the mouse means you'd have to hurdle over the bulge to get to your mouse on the left hand side of the keyboard.
    • righties because it seems like your left hand would brush up against the bulge whenever you hit some important keys. (Shift, ctrl, tab and escape).

    ...and I wonder how they keep it from tending to roll up, after it's been stored for a while?

    Then again, this is probably not for touch typists or developers. :-) Underwater developers, maybe.

    --
    Get off my lawn.
  4. As Willow' would say, "Yawn, bored now" by Force · · Score: 2

    This is the same thing that was in the Fetish section of this month's WiReD [7.04, p.58], and they at least list the price (£69.95, US$117) At least this isn't another reference to the car MP3 player that we see every month or so :-)