by Jay Garrett on June 29, 2010
We all fell in love with the Optimus Maximus keyboard and its little sidekick, Pultius didn’t we?
Rumours of a new Art Lebedev keyboard were bandied about last month and it’s name is: Optimus Popularis.
It has had a redesign since and, instead of a bank of OLEDs, it now features a dedicated LED display bar.
The keys are, of course, totally customisable and the new-look board should be cheaper to produce.
It seems that team Optimus are more bothered that they’ve managed to make the keyboard flatter, the keys rounder, and the displays higher-resolution (now 64×64px).
Word is that the Optimus Popularis should be out at the end of the year and cost around $1,000 – no, me either
by Jay Garrett on April 10, 2010
You all know that I have a soft spot for Art Lebedev’s designs.
Here’s another one.
I attempted to guess what this angular, black thing was.
At first I though that they’d designed a stealth boat, or a stealth plane or, perhaps, even a stealth car.
I could see the Art Lebedev’s logo but that was my only clue – well, that and the power lead trailing from it.
Then I caught a glimpse of the face.
It’s a clock – but, as you’d expect, no ordinary time-teller.
This one tells the time with lasers! Oh yes!
Reflectius employs sixty rotating mirrors to redirect a beam of light in order to show you what time it is. How cool is that!?
Reflectius is still just a concept but if you take into consideration Art Lebedev’s track record for bringing concepts to life in the really real world – you’d better start saving your coinage