Issue 52 / Week 45 / 2021
This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard builder's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.
There are 10 entries in this issue:
Projects
Rubber Dometyl
A concave Hall effect rubber dome keyboard by Beheddard.
Humla
Humla is a 36-key low profile Reviung derivative by jamesmnw.
Community
Mike Sickler interview
Farmer turned NovelKeys CEO Mike Sickler interviewed by Taeha.
Review
Winkeyless.KR 'Zeal' Clear Tactiles
Winkeyless.KR 'Zeal' Clear Tactile switches reviewed by ThereminGoat.
Tips & Tricks
Extreme tenting
Minimalist high-angle tenting by macroxue.
QWERTY scores by language
Data visualizer desfirsit investigated which language is easiest to type on a QWERTY keyboard.
Keyboard Spotting
Leeds & Northrup Max1
A cool control station terminal spotted by jacksonh22.
E3B Aircraft Alphanumeric Entry Device
Naval Air AAAP1000 AWACS Alpha-Numeric Entry Device picked up by glenndrives at an auction.
Canon Cat
Canon Cat is a task-dedicated desktop computer released by Canon Inc. in 1987.
Inspiration
Hollow 3D keycaps
Some inspiration for you: these strange 3D structures by @taneyats are actual keycaps.
splitkb.com, Jeremy Kitchen, AikenJG, @keebio, ghsear.ch, Timo, @kaleid1990, u/chad3814, Eugenie, sebastian siggerud, cdc, Jim, Keycapsss.com, kiyejoco, faso, _qdw_, Bob Cotton & 1 anonymous donor.
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