8 Nov
2011
8 Nov
'11
2:03 a.m.
This makes me wonder how much of a market there would be for custom USB
keyboards that are completely built to order. You would use a web-based
application that would let you take a standard layout and drag keys around,
then submit an order. The keyboard would be manufactured using a
combination of CNC and 3D printing. Custom key legends, if desired, could
be laser-marked on injection-molded keys.
Of course, they would be expensive.
You could do the 3D printing yourself, really. Building a 3D printer isn't
that expensive anymore and has a million+1 uses.
--
"Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions
of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese
people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot."
--Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra.