Mantis: Hexagonal Keys in Ergonomic Keyboards
Felix Kühling explains how hexagonal keys work surprisingly well in an ergonomic layout without fine-tuning parameters like hand rotation, column stagger and splay.
Behind the scenes #145
Giveaway and advent calendar update, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!
VU.A
VU.A is a fully wireless split with row staggering designed by EagleVee.
Tern Ble
Gleb Sabirzyanov published his Tern Ble, a wireless remix of the Tern keyboard.
Pome76
As standard as this row-staggered keyboard looks like, Jamie Ding's Pome76 behaves like a "unibody ergo". How?
Bunchiez40
The bunchiez40 is an ultracompact ortholinear keyboard designed by Christian Lo – with mouse switches!
YetiS
A 34-key diodeless split for larger hands: YetiS by jogme.
ScottoWing
Joe Scotto is back with a very low profile handwired unibody split: ScottoWings.
Alice gap fillers
Tardigrade shared some 3D models to fill the gaps of Alice boards.
Ergonaut One
Ergonaut One is a split with KS33 switches released by the newly formed team of Ergonaut Keyboards.
Behind the scenes #144
Last hours to join the giveaway, quick news, top secret project.
Msweep
Magnetic case and tenting for the Sweep keyboard: Msweep by Runningtarrens.
NKEY magazine
Created by graphic design student Nate Kearney, NKEY is a print magazine concept with some kbd.news interviews as its backbone.
Allium58 by Beekeeb
Beekeeb's Leo announced Allium58, a low-pro split based on the Lily58 Pro.
Triboard
Tarneo shared a small and portable sub-10x10 cm ergo split called Triboard.
Swepp
Sebastian Stumpf's Swepp is a splayed Sweep, a split keyboard with 34 keys.
Kazik
Kazik is a cute 30% keyboard by monokēēbs – with versatile PCB, XIAO RP2040, and Japanese duplex matrix!
Starship Bubu & OmegaSupreme
Protieusz shared a standalone trackball along with an open-source trackball module: Starship Bubu-01 and OmegaSupreme.
Behind the scenes #143
Giveaway and advent calendar update, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendor.
CLP keycap profile
Victor published the CLP keycap profile, comprising a set of 19 nice sculpted keycap variants for MX switches.
Proteus67
A displaced ortho by James Gzowski: Proteus67 – with encoder.
HillSideView
Shay's HillSideView is a derivative of the original Hillside – with nice!view and more changes.
Split Fire
Ahmad Anshori shared Split Fire, a single-MCU handwired split keyboard with VGA connectors and joystick.
DragonFruit
The DragonFruit is a VIK certified monoblock split by Protieusz.
Behind the scenes #142
Giveaway and advent calendar update, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, vendor updates, new discount.
8BitDo Retro keyboard
Here are my thoughts about the fun 8BitDo Retro Keyboard, a wireless TKL, hotswap, with dials and super buttons for the win! :D
Top switches of October, 2023
Milktooth's Kevin helps us to capture the zeitgeist and identify October's most popular switches for mechanical keyboards.
Storyboard
Cbskii's Storyboard is a 5x12 hotswap ortholinear keyboard with an e-ink display.
JB69
Jbam9 shared a case for the JB69, a handwired ortho with a solenoid.
CMY keycap profile
CMY (Cylindrical Minimal Y) is a new open-source keycap profile by Sadek Baroudi for both MX and low-profile switches.