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All Hail Optimus Maximus!

May 6th, 2008

Ready for the ultimate geek peripheral guaranteed to make you an instant target for murder by all your friends and coworkers? Well feast your eyes on this:

Optimus Maximus
The Optimus Maximus Keyboard.

My friends over at Thinkgeek.com began selling these recently, and went out of stock within a couple weeks. Don't worry though, more will be in stock by the time my b-day rolls around again... ;)

So why is this bad boy so special? Let me explain:

The Art Lebedev design studio in Russia designed this bad boy some time ago and has just now managed to get it into production. This keyboard is extra-special, becuase in addition to the USB2 hub and SD card slot, each key on this keyboard is actually a tiny OLED screen that can display any gif or Quicktime video @48x48 pixel resolution.

That's right, 113 programmable OLED screens. 88|

So what if it costs a whopping $1,600? I always wanted a really good reason to holdup a liquor store that didn't involve a crack habit...

Tags: art lebedev, input devices, optimus maximus

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