Keyboard 2.0?

As mentioned in previous entries, developers like to push the boundaries of existing technology, along with developing their new technologies.


http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/cykey.htm

The Saitek Cyborg keyboard is a keyboard designed for PC Gamers, which has extra functions like locking the Windows key and lighting up the different sections of the keyboard in different colours. The keyboard also features the now "standard" volume/media player controls and web navigation tools and also user programmable keys.

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/demo/

Another step taken to create a sort of "Keyboard 2.0" that could see great success in the future is the recently released Optimus Maximus keyboard. This keyboard has tiny OLED screens on each key describing what that key does. The screens change depending on what program the user has open, and what the user does to change the functions of the keys.