Tag: Keyboard

For Workaholics: A Keyboard Design With A Lunch Bowl Built In
Do you get to take a lunch break every day when you're at work? I don't. Well, I could, but I often get so wrapped up in whatever I'm doing that I don't take time to eat until my stomach is growling so much that I'm forced to address the food issue. It's probably not the healthiest way to live, but ...

Modular Keyboard Will Have You Arrange Your Keys As You See Fit
There are a lot of keyboards on the market for anyone who is looking to upgrade to a more advanced or geeky one. Lately there has been a lot of innovation when it comes to keyboards. The most famous one might just be the Optimus OLED keyboard designed and made available by Art Lebedev Studio. It's a ...

For Clumsy People: A Goof-Proof, Spill-Proof, Washable Keyboard
I need three or four of these washable keyboards. Yup, I'm that messy. I've spilled everything from ketchup to chocolate milk on my keyboards, and each time it happens, another bites the dust. If I had a washable keyboard like this, I could just pop it in the dishwasher. Since it is okay to submerge ...

Trojan Horse Created From Thousands Of Computer Keyboard Keys
There are some things that are easy to recycle, some that are hard, and some that are just plain fun. Computer keyboard keys fall into the fun category. If you have a couple old keyboards, some creativity and a little spare time, you might be surprised what you can create with the keys. We've writte ...
![Keyboard Typing Speed & How To Improve It [Infographic] Keyboard Typing Speed & How To Improve It [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/keyboard-typing-speed-improvement-infographic-optimized.jpeg)
Keyboard Typing Speed & How To Improve It [Infographic]
You can tell when someone has been interested in computers for a long time because their keyboard typing skills have become perfected. To someone who hasn't been around computers a lot, their hands can seem like they're dancing over the keys. It will almost seem like they are not typing anything at ...

Retro Desktop Main Station iPad & iPhone Dock Feels So ’80s
Sometimes the future seems so boring, and all you want is to head back to the past, if only for a couple days. That's usually how I feel every time there is a new gadget that gets announced. Not that there's anything wrong with new gadgets getting released, but it's happening at an ever increasing p ...
![Social Media Affects Our Productivity At Work Big Time [Infographic] Social Media Affects Our Productivity At Work Big Time [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Cost-Of-Daily-Interruptions-Infographic-optimized.jpg)
Social Media Affects Our Productivity At Work Big Time [Infographic]
Yesterday Richard published an article with 12 Tips For Increasing Productivity. As I read that list which the creator of the infographic put together, something was blaringly missing to me. Although one of the tips said to eliminate all communication, it was referring to the phone and email. It did ...

Pocket-Sized Virtual Keyboard Now Fits On Your Keychain
For a long time, people in the world have tried to do the impossible when it comes to small gadgets, and they've been somewhat successful at it. We've taken huge gadgets and transformed them into tiny things that fit in our pockets quite nicely. You might start to wonder what size is too small for i ...

Zen Of Yoda: Star Wars Wisdom Recreated With Old Keyboard Keys
Artists everywhere seem to be inspired by computer keyboard keys. We've featured so much fabulous art created by using those old recycled keys. I never realized until I started writing here at Bit Rebels all the different ways those keys can be used. This article about the guy who covered his entire ...

Roll-Up Keyboard: Makes Us Return To Scrolls
I sometimes long for the innovative and purpose filled gadgets that we sometimes see released. However, It's hard to see what is going to change the way we do things online or connect to the Internet, especially when it comes to really neat innovations. The thing is, there are so many gadgets and id ...

The Folding Bluetooth Keyboard For Your iPad Or iPhone
When the first iPhone model was released, there was a landslide of people who bashed it for having a virtual keyboard (or a touchscreen keyboard depending on how you want to label it). There was a huge discussion about what would serve the iPhone best in the long run. This discussion even continued ...

Qwerty Walls Are More Than Hypnotic
How many times have you looked at the walls around you and thought to yourself, "This is really depressing, maybe I should put up some new wallpaper!" It must be more than a few, right? I mean, people in general get tired of the trends, and what was "in" yesterday might be really "out" a week later. ...

New Optimus Popularis: The Only Keyboard You Want To Marry
Wow, just wow! Some of you may remember the first version of Art Lebedev's Optimus keyboard and how revolutionizing it was when the first few images of it surfaced a few years ago. It was definitely one of the strongest "must-have" feelings I've ever felt when I looked at it. The Optimus keyboard wa ...

Super Sweet Steampunk Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse Design
When the steampunk style first became popular a few years ago, the designs we saw were all very Victorian, like watches and small gadgets with little screws and brass handles. The steampunk style of design has evolved a lot since then, and as we've mentioned on Bit Rebels before, we are now seeing j ...

Typographic Calendar Created With 2,012 Recycled Keyboard Keys
I betcha this is the geekiest thing you'll read all day. I had to read about it a few different times just to wrap my brain around the complexity of it all. This is a typographic wall calendar created with 2,012 (since it's a 2012 calendar) recycled computer keyboard keys. Each one of the keys is ve ...