The Japanese division of Google presented an interesting keyboard project, which eliminates one “big problem” characteristic of the classic format – the location of the keys on only one side. The physical Gboard keyboard is always positioned correctly – it looks like a Möbius strip, a closed one-sided surface.
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Google is not going to launch the “Mobius keyboard” into mass production, but the company has decided to share the project with humanity free of charge: STL files for printing the device on a 3D printer, firmware and much more are available on GitHub. The humorous video accompanying the project shows a wide range of options for using such a 360-degree keyboard. The device can be used by either one office worker or three people at once; and it can work not only in the office, but even in space.
The keyboard contains 208 keys – it consists of 26 sections of 8 keys each (4 on both sides); The keys are mechanical, hot-swappable and RGB backlit on each. Perhaps the only drawback is the lack of a wireless option. The comic project continues the tradition of the Japanese branch of Google releasing custom keyboards every year: it previously showed caps in the form of keys, a keyboard in the form of a bendable spoon, and also a one-button one based on Morse code.