Embotec's levitating keyboard uses magnets, not forklifts
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jul 27th 2007 4:07AM
posted Jul 27th 2007 4:07AM
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posted Jul 27th 2007 4:07AM
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And I would assume you should never turn it over either!
i'm sure i wouldn't want that type of keyboard built into my laptop. "Magnetic............." "no"
My friends often tell me I have balls of steel. That assumes there is a significant iron and zinc content to my family jewels, therefore this keyboard is not for me.
That is so awesome :-D
And its even in Korean!
You could really mess with your boss' head by switching all his/her keys around!
You could even turn your keyboard into one of those funky french ones where they put all the keys in the wrong place just to piss you off.
And due to magnetic interference it will render the Steorn Orbo-Horbo useless - or at least it will change the way it works bending time and space to produce infinite KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Steorn is the new Phantom. Welcome to the world of being laughed at Steorn, I hope you find it entertaining.
Oh and I don't want my keyboard raping my watch, so I won't be getting an embotec keyboard. Sorry Embotec, I know you guys really tried.
i looked a new concept keyboard which are made up of cloth fabric like material & the one unique thing which made this keyboard interesting that's they are fold lika an cloth see here http://tinyurl.com/2yt5v2
You could tape a stronger magnet to the bottom of the desk, that way the keys wouldnt work. That would piss off a lot of people.
better yet, you could have a usb powered electromagnet and give it commands via the windows net msg interface, and turn your coworkers keys off at will.
...or you could just write a quick vb script to give you the same effect without the trouble of all these magnets.
What happens if you lay magnetic media (DAT tape, 3.5 diskette, etc) near the keyboard? Will it erase/corrupt your data?
Only if your dumb enough to put it there. Guns don't kill people, stupid Matha FR's with guns kill people.
ask Mac Book!
magnets power connect !?!?!?^^
Yes, b_a_boone, that may be so, but remember that the world isn't made up of mostly anti-social techno-geeks who concern themselves with the inner-working of their tech toys. Some people simply want to do work. There are also folks who don't have a clue as to what kind of engine is in their car, but they know it gets them from point a to point b.
Instead of being a tech nerd, if you find yourself in the position of supporting users (as I am), then you take the time to be sure you protect your users and the data they create, from themselves. No user wants to lose important work because they didn't know to avoid placing a disk near their keyboard.
This would feel awful, the keystoke would just get progressively harder instead of the classic resist/succumb response normal keys produce.
That's Repulsive!!!!
not only was the keyboard made in korea, but evidentially, so was your article!
oops, i read the aving article, that is clearly a poor translation.
sorry for doubting your integrity engadget!
That keyboard wouldn't last for too long. You'd have to get new magnets after time because the moving any collision that happens with magnets weakens them, as does heat but that doesn't matter as much as collision. Even the miniscule tap of fingers would be enough to weaken them, and eventually nullify them in about a year.
If they instead suspended the keys via miniaturized cats with buttered bread on their backs, then the disk wiping problem would go away. Also the keys would make a pleasing meow-squoosh sound as you type. http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/2_21.html
Wow, that's seriously f**ked up...i like it!