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Keyboard" expired in 2016. However, the first programmable LCD keyboard was developed in the mid-1980s in Germany. This keyboard, sold under the LCBoard name in the U.S. until 1999, contained many of the features of the Optimus keyboard including monochrome graphic icons
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posted about a new version of the keyboard, originally named
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Engadget published an early impression of the keyboard, approving of the quality of the displays, the build quality of the keyboard, and the customisation software. However, they note that the keys' high resistance means that it is tiring to type on (exhausting the author in "30 seconds to a
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on 14 July 2005, and afterwards for a few weeks on other technology websites. The original release date was "end of 2006", however production issues caused the
Optimus mini three to be developed first, with the full keyboard delayed until the end of 2007. The keyboard was number 10 in the
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Art. Lebedev Studio released a smaller three-key version of their keyboard, named
Optimus mini three. Each of the keys is larger than a standard key. The mini three can be adjusted, through the configuration software, to either a horizontal or vertical orientation.
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on each keyboard key, macro programming, context sensitive and application dependent switching between functions. S. Bigbie et al. published related ideas in an IBM Technical
Disclosure Bulletin (Vol. 21 No. 2 July 1978), as did Alan Bagley of Hewlett-Packard in (
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Optimus range were discontinued and superseded by the "Optimus Popularis" model which uses a single large LCD screen under the transparent keyboard instead of individual OLED displays for each key.
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Mezentsev and Aleksander Suhih in 2013. A similar design by Jaasta was also created in 2014 but was never built since they used Sonder Design's prior art.
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minute"), and therefore "it's better off used as an absurdly configurable Swiss army knife".
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115:) rapid, and could make the switch to alternative layouts such as
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552:"Optimus Pultius becomes Optimus Aux, new prototype shows up"
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704:"The Morphing E-Ink Keyboard May (Almost) Finally Be Here"
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Ability to form a mosaic using a combination of key images
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Swappable keys and support for keys without displays
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Incredible Adventures of Optimus Keyboards
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39:which can dynamically change to adapt to the
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578:"New Optimus Aux shots show a sexier vision"
525:"Optimus Mini Three: OLED keyboard reviewed"
932:from June 20, 2008, featuring the keyboard.
71:layout. The production model uses the same
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985:Computer-related introductions in 2008
702:Liszewski, Andrew (23 December 2014).
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728:. Art. Lebedev Studio. Archived from
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444:"Vaporware 2007: Long Live the King"
336:The keyboard's full name relates to
272:Support for animation on keys at 10
31:, a Russian design studio headed by
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500:"Optimus-like OLED Apple Keyboard?"
418:"Vaporware '06: Return of the King"
576:Miller, Paul (19 September 2008).
301:for complete display customization
119:easier for people who only have a
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653:Seth, Radhika (29 January 2013).
469:"New Apple Dynamic OLED Keyboard"
58:layout (Mac, prototype rendering)
751:Block, Ryan (22 February 2008).
247:mode (65,536 colors, 10 frame/s)
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99:The Optimus allows for greater
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860:"Optimus Maximus keyboard"
373:"Optimus Maximus Keyboard"
314:for storing basic layouts
980:Computer keyboard models
889:Interview with Primotech
836:"Optimus Maximus Review"
35:. Each of its keys is a
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338:Jupiter Optimus Maximus
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169:ports instead of one.
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655:"Best Keyboard Ever"
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945:"LCD Key History"
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603:"LCD Key History"
442:Calore, Michael.
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262:4-5 year lifetime
182:Similar keyboards
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379:10 November
332:Name origin
160:Optimus Aux
974:Categories
926:Episode 38
755:. Engadget
360:References
284:Windows XP
138:Apple Inc.
814:1059-1028
706:. Gizmodo
504:MacRumors
473:hrmpf.com
448:wired.com
422:wired.com
395:"Optimus"
267:key-saver
245:Highcolor
243:screens,
105:shift key
56:Photoshop
930:Tekzilla
880:18 April
865:18 April
683:. Core77
633:"Sonder"
582:Engadget
556:Engadget
529:Tweakers
292:Mac OS X
274:frames/s
166:Engadget
113:Cyrillic
83:Slashdot
47:Overview
25:keyboard
759:3 March
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710:22 July
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664:22 July
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348:Reviews
327:of 160°
312:SD card
276:minimum
257:USB 2.0
237:48 × 48
230:plastic
227:polymer
109:English
74:48 × 48
37:display
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121:QWERTY
117:Dvorak
806:Wired
241:pixel
208:E Ink
197:E Ink
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961:2017
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847:2020
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810:ISSN
787:2020
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