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.

Designer: Sarah Frost

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.

Designer: Art lebedev

Selling Price: 1086

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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.

Selling Price: $87

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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.

Selling Price: $29.99

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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.

Selling Price: $129.99

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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.

Designer: Roni Margolin

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.

Selling Price: $29.99

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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.

Designer: Michael Roopenian

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.

Selling Price: $29

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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.

Selling Price: $149.95

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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!

Selling Price: $45
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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.

It is available with a plastic top ($399) or a glass top ($499).

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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.

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With its compact design and elegant shape, the portable keyboard is especially perfect for guys who need to travel a lot. An integration of foldable and light-weight element to provide you with more convenience, is its distinguishing feature.

Designer: Yoonsang Kim

Though the classical touch design and software shops have won iPhone much reputation, the unreal feel on the touch screen is still prohibitive. Providing a solution, iTwinge has launched an iPhone physical keyboard that allows you to type with tactile keys. It could be attached to the bottom of iPhone, rather easy to use.

Price: $29.99
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Among numerous significant inventions, computer is believed to one of the most influencing one that changes the lifestyle of modern people. And now, even with notepads, notebooks, you still want technology to serve you better. Then, let’s acknowledge Victor Bivol, as he has combined the drawing tablet with your keyboard to ensure you an easy use.

Designer: Victor Bivol

This board keyboard can offer your gripping typing experience. the full QWERTY keyboard are located at the back of the keyboard and so you have to type on the rear with eight fingers. There is also two triggers on the flipside which works as the mouse buttons.

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Sure, iPhone’s multi-touch screen is pretty cool, but it is indeed not good for word inputting. Blackberry’s Qwerty keyboard is much better. Really? Touch screen is not equal to fast typing? You should have a look at this new technology dubbed Swype, which is one of the top winners of TechCrunch50. It’s fairly fast…

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It is not a good habit to eat in front of your computer, since your keyboard gonna be messy. You can get a napkin with the pattern the same as a normal keyboard and then, after dinner, your keyboard is still clean.

Using keyboard for a long time is necessarily make your hand damp, especially in summer. And Thanko, who is famous for adding fan to nearly everything, give us a new solution. It comes with several fans on the wrist supporter which can cool and dry your hand as long as you need.

As one of the most popular traditional decorative material, glass is very beautiful to form a gorgeous surface. Now it will be more popular because of new technology emerging recently.

This keyboard is actually a conventional glass, but the new interactive technology change it into a keyboard. The built in lighting and camera could form the keys and even track the motion of your fingers so that you can type words with this so-call keyboard. Wow~~

Designer: Kong Fanwen

This weird gadget which seems like a snail is actually a keyboard. It comes with a unique loop responding to your hands movement. The loop has a 5:1 gearbox, which means you can only move 1/5 distance to touch the same key in conventional keybaord.

You may find that there are only three rows of keys on the interior loop. Actually, it also features a standard qwerty keyboard. Because it uses the unique tri-directional keys, a single key in this loop can function as three keys of normal keyboard.

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It is not hard to get a perfect game mouse, however, getting a comfortable keyboard is a little harder because you cannot change the position of the keys. So, I’m sure this will be a perfect alternative for the gamers.

It comes with a main board and 25 removable and movable keys, so that you can arrange the useful keys totally depending on your demand.

Price: $140

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With this keyboard from Buffalo, you could call your friends via Skype just like using conventional phone. You even don’t need any extra device, since it is integrated with your keyboard.

If you’re not comfortable with you’re the arrangement of your keyboard and always want to change it, you gotta like this new concept design from Art. Lebedev Studio. It functions like a tablet PC, you could rearrange the keys totally depending on your favor by programming.

Moreover, you could even add some new keys with special functions on the keyboard. The best part is that, you keyboard could even be changed into a Photoshop panel or PMP.

Unfortunately, it’s just a concept right now.

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Cause E-mail is the most important application of Blackberry, we should have a better keyboard for it. Therefore, RIM just releases a new patent which locate all the keys in two separated parts, and the two, which means that you gonna have a comfortable input experience.

This is a good 2-in-1 gadget to protect RSI. It is a keyboard, but actually it do not have any key. What you should do is to push the two buttons according to different color, then the words gonna be input.

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Just pass your fingers through the keyholes, you can operate your cellphone. It’s not so convenient but pretty cool!

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