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google japan’s overhaul: create a mobius-shaped keyboard that can be used both front and back

2024-10-05

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kuai technology reported on october 5 that the google gboard team recently announced the launch of a physical keyboard called "gboard double sided version".the appearance adopts a structure similar to a möbius strip, with the front and back sides the same. it can be used from any angle and can even be used by multiple people at the same time.

it is reported that the keys of this keyboard use mx mechanical switches that support hot-swappability. it is composed of 26 connection modules, each module has 8 keys, and has 208 groups of key configurations. the keyboard body uses a 3d printed frame and soft circuit. plate.

officials stated that the design idea of ​​this keyboard is how to make the keyboard usable when turned over."we noticed that the keyboard only has keys on one side. if you turn the keyboard over, you can't type at all. in order to solve this big problem, we racked our brains and finally developed this keyboard. the gboard double sided version keyboard goes beyond the concept of two sides ”

it is worth noting that this is not the first time that the google gboard team has revitalized the keyboard. in the past two years, it also launched a keyboard called gboard bar, which is claimed to be a physical version of the gboard input method.

gboard bar is an unprecedented single-row long keyboard, with all keys in one row and a full length of 1.65 meters.

officials say that the advantage of this is that it can minimize the trouble of having to search up, down, left, and right for keys when using a traditional keyboard. you only need to find the keys you need in order from left to right.