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Yes, I know my computer keyboard is full of harmful micro-organisms here and there, but who else’s are not the same? Since a “polluted” keyboard is unavoidable, we would have to face the fact or get Vioguard’s Self-Sanitizing Keyboard instead. Using germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C), the keyboard kit can kill more than 99.9 percent of harmful micro-organisms (flu germs and antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria included) within seconds…

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2D or 3D, currently almost all designs are seemingly to face that question. But actually it’s not that difficult to make a decision, because one could become both 2D and 3D at the same time. The Keyboard Wall is rightly a good example. It’s constructed with thousands of keys collected from old computer keyboards, creating a 2D image when you view them from the front while offering 3D pleasure as well since you can feel their unique shapes.

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Within quite a few days we’ll step in a new year, so at the same time we should get some new keyboards. Designed by Russia-based Art lebedev, the Optimus Populyaris & Optimus Mini Six are compact keyboards and control panels that configure with many options, which can be adjusted according to the user’s needs. If you haven’t gotten used to the standard keyboards on market, you now have a chance to customize your own special ones.

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Even though the Apple Inc. has issued no keyboards for iPad or iPad 2, there’re actually many companies designing and launching wireless keyboards for iPad users. The Levitatr Keyboard is just one among them. It is merely 12mm high, with a smooth black surface when not in use. But once you switch it on, its keys then raise out and the backlighting turns on. Currently it’s a Kickstarter project, so we can only check out the video now to see how it works.

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Cideko’s Air Keyboard would bring us a new experience with wireless keyboards. It is embedded with a 3D motion sensing mouse, which will detect the keyboard’s motion to control the cursor on computer screen. Thus the users merely need to move the keyboard up and down/left and right in the air, they can then use the device as a wireless mouse too. It is also integrated with an earphone and a microphone, allowing the users to enjoy music or chat online from a long distance. The wireless keyboard is rechargeable, and compatible with both PCs, Macs and Linux computers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Seemingly common things may sometimes perform really magic, and Mobee’s Magic Numpad is just a good example of that. It is a thin file that comes with an accompanying software, with the help of which the Magic Numpad will transform your Apple Magic Trackpad into a numeric keypad. When the film is place onto the trackpad, any functions such as page up, page down or directional keys will then be available to use. There’re three key configuration overlays for you to choose, including one that combines the numeric keyboard and trackpad. The Magic Numpad will be ready for the market on October, but now you can pre-order one from Mobee. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Logitech’s Fold-Up Keyboard for iPad is a smart portable accessory that looks really cool as well. It attaches to the back of the iPad 2, acting as a protective case and a stand for most of the time while offers a full-sized slide-out Bluetooth keyboard when users push the iPad backward. Once folded up, the keyboard then turns off to conserve battery life. Clever. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Such a good idea should have been introduced to us much earlier… Put forward by Roni Margolin, the new gadget is an iPad protective case that doubles as wirelessly-controlled keyboard. When you take your tablet with the Hilo, you’re actually taking around a desktop! Cool. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Facebook has made great changes to the way we socialize, and now it’s the time that SK – Search Engine Access Keyboard changes the way we use Facebook. Except for keys as that of normal keyboards, the SK-SEAK features 19 one-touch social hot keys for navigating to Facebook’s top pages so that your time with Facebook could be much easier and more convenient. For $29.99, you’ll also get a detachable palm rest for added wrist support. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Michael Roopenian’s Engrain Tactile Keyboard seeks to strengthen the relationship between users and interfaces by giving them a new experience of moving their fingers across waves. These waves are not freely carved but strictly follow the user’s habit of typing and their figures’ movement on keyboards. As a result, you may feel your fingers are part of the keyboard when you use the Engrain.

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A geeky way to walk around. The Keyboard Slippers, we’re geeks. They’re available for $29, in red, black, blue, Brown, yellow, orange and other colors. Also functioned as a massager to relax your feet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You needn’t have to withstand your keyboards if you no longer love them. Forget them and have a try with the Engage Keyboard. It features a patented motion system, which can study your typing frequency and thus offer a more suitable position for you to use. Wow, that sounds great and we suggest everybody that spends much of their time with a computer to get one. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The USB Triple Foot Switch II is created as a result of the requirements to control computer by foot. Each set includes three pedals, which can be pre-programmed unique keys by the bundle software. A best gift for those who love computer games! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Cleankeys Keyboard cleverly solves the common problem of conventional keyboards— full of bacteria and not easy to clean, by adopting a totally smooth surface. It is completely 100% touch sensitive, which would cost you much time in getting used to typing on it, since you won’t feel the keys as you push them. Even so, claimed by its manufacturer, “that time is typically made up many times in the time saved cleaning.” The keyboard is also waterproof, so that you can easily wash it by sticking it under the running water. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Stylish, smart and elegant, the 12″ x 6″ wireless keyboard is a latest product of Microsoft. It features some arched keys to ensure you an easier typing. The Arc Keyboard uses the 2.4GHz wireless band instead of Bluetooth, and therefore allows the users to control their computers within a long distance of up to 30 feet. It is expected to be on the market next month for $59.95. [Read the rest of this entry...]