Optimus Mini Three Keyboard by Art Lebedev Studio
February 9, 2006 by colbert low
Filed under Announcements, Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals
The Russian designer Art Lebedev Studio, which last year captured the attention of geeks around the universe with the cool Optimus keyboard, has introduced a scaled-down version called the Optimus Mini Three, an auxiliary keypad with three keys, each with a colour OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen displaying a programmable function.
Think of the Mini Three as a blank sheet, with you as the artist: Each key can be customized to show a static or animated image and control some function (fetch your e-mail or launch a program, for example). The Mini Three can be situated horizontally or vertically: The images displayed on the keys are rotated using the Optimus Configurator software, which is now available for Windows, with Mac OS and Linux soon to follow. The keyboard measures 118 mm x 51.8 mm x 18 mm and each key is 32 mm ×32 mm (96 x 96 pixels resolution) and can be animated up to 5 frames per second.
The keyboard is in production and its to arrive on May 15,2006. Retail price of the Optimus mini three keyboard is $100.
Optimus Mini Three Keyboard by Art Lebedev Studio source | Russian designer Art Lebedev Studio site
