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Inspiration

An ergo split called the Solergo

The Solergo is a wireless ergo split by SouthPawEngineer with Bluetooth via ZMK, and has solar trickle charging to top up and extend the battery life.

Custom Kailh Choc cap prototype

A custom Kailh Choc keycap prototype by Vengeful-Wraith.

Keyboard with IR receiver

This time riskable put an IR receiver into his keyboard (video).

Making a keyboard with handtools

A modern tool built with old tools. Making a BFO-9000 with handtools (by the5andmany).

uTyl - a handwired one

The uTyl is a handwired split by ripxorip (keymap).

Cable coil holder

Diderot effect in action: cable coil holder (wtf?!) spotted in a post by Crushader.

AI-generated keyset designs

AI-generated keysets. OpenAI’s GPT-3 API beta assisted by snagy.

Nyx

The Nyx is tadfisher's first PCB project. Waiting for a git repo.

Solortho: a solar wireless

SouthPawEngineer made a solar powered Bluetooth keyboard, the Solortho.

SilverBullet

The SilverBullet44 is a split keyboard with tented aluminum case by swan_match (details, review).

Bobbysuit's strange boy

This unnamed split by Bobbysuit features a HDMI cable between the halves, thus comes with one single controller.

Giant macropad

A wooden macropad for NovelKeys Big Switches with pen tray. Committed by AuthenticDanger.

Macropad with arcade buttons

This macropad by FatherPaulStone features arcade buttons in a wooden box (pics).

Memphis 25

The Memphis 25 is a macropad by nickkallen with integrated SpaceMouse and USB hub (GH thread).

Through-hole ortho with a thumb cluster

BTY-80 - A through-hole ortholinear TKL keyboard with a thumb cluster by ajkldsz.

Keycap vacuum coating

Drygol's first attempt to keycap vacuum coating failed, but the idea is not bad (blog) - article posted by LASERman71.

Wooden switch

An artisan switch (khm) made of wood by BitchassSixtyNine.

Ahokore

This is Ahokore by _dezli, which makes use of a nice!nano and ZMK for Bluetooth functionality.

Transparent caps with e-ink legends

Aside from the physical layout, the idea of putting an e-ink display behind transparent caps is intriguing. (Nemeio posted by m10r-vc.)

Ortho or staggered? Both!

This 40% ortho PCB comes with a home row allowing both ortho and staggered (symmetric) arrangement (here). (Posted by Littlehouse75.)

Machined aluminum Proto2

The Naked64SF Proto2 is a machined aluminum keyboard by SalicylicAcid3 (video).

A macropad - literally drawn

This macropad by MartasSan is handwired, hotswappable, and it was literally drawn rather than printed.

The van erGogh must be a joke

When one form of stagger simply isn't enough the van erGogh comes to the rescue. Committed by KnoblesseOblige.

Rotary phone numpad

The real mechanical numpad built out of a rotary phone sandelinos found at a thrift shop (video & Arduino source).

Split keyboard concept for designers

A designer-friendly split keyboard concept by samanpwbb with 9 extra keys on the left for often used hotkeys.

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