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Cutest keyboard ever? KBTalking Light (萌魂 "Moe" edition)

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9/2/12 at 10:05pm
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My latest addition to my keyboard collection is this cute creature:



From another angle:



Released November 2011, this "Moe" edition was the 4th design in the KBTalking Light series. It is a custom order placed by KBTalking and made by Taiwanese keyboard maker Zippy.



This keyboard uses scissor switch and has a thin profile and notebook-ish layout with the number pad. The feel of the keys reminds me of good old Thinkpad, which IMO is one of the best scissor switch out there.

The best feature on it is, of course, the cute anime girl sitting on it. It also features customizable backlight that can be tuned in 10 different shades of R, G and B which combines to 1000 different possible colours, to light up the cute anime girl.

Meanwhile, the regular legends of the keys are printed "black on black" so as not to hinder the anime girl but let you know the position of your keys when looked close enough.

Some more pictures:











The anime girl was drawn by Taiwanese comic artist "mAn" in cooperation with KBTalking.
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9/3/12 at 12:15am
What do the symbols in the copper colored keyboard mean?



Been curious since seeing it here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/ymtt1/proof_that_kbtalking_forum_members_are_cuter_than/
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9/3/12 at 12:54am
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What do the symbols in the copper colored keyboard mean?

Been curious since seeing it here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/ymtt1/proof_that_kbtalking_forum_members_are_cuter_than/

Runic alphabets are used in the main alphabets. F1-12 are obviously zodiac signs. Numbers are some numeric symbols used in certain kinds of divination. Page up/down, home and end are represented by symbols for the four seasons. Windows key is Odin's eye, menu key is mobius loop to symbolize the borderless wisdom provided by the combination of human language and computer... Apparently they had consulted a large group of experts/otakus to formulate and make sense of the current symbol set. As the runic alphabets seem to have origin from Odin, they call that keyboard "Eye of Odin" thumb.gif

I just try my best to convey the developer's explanation here. biggrin.gif Their overall idea is to create a symbolic, mysterious, fantasy keyboard that normal people will go "watdafq" when they see the symbols on it tongue.gif
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