Google has announced a 208-key, two-way “Möbius keyboard” that can be used to “think for three”

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.