Optimus Maximus

Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard

The Optimus Maximus keyboard is a keyboard developed by the Art.

Lebedev Studio, a Russian design studio.

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Each of its keys is a display which can dynamically change its image depending on what you're doing.
Hold down SHIFT and all keys go uppercase.
Run Photoshop and you can set it so each hotkey has an image representing its function.
Set a key to monitor your CPU usage or display what iTunes track you are currently playing.
You can make a key into a tiny clock with moving hands and play animated gif files or even quicktime movies.

Keyboard Features

Optimus Maximus

* Revolutionary Keyboard Features a tiny OLED screen on each key. 113 screens total.
* Each key can be individually programmed to perform a series of functions, open an application or run an Applescript (Mac only)
* Various System Monitor functions can dynamically display on a key including CPU usage, CPU temperature, Network Speed, and Memory Usage
* Play a GIF animation or Quicktime movie on a Key
* Paint images across all keys at once in your image editor of choice
* Key sets can be linked to an application, so whenever you open that app the appropriate keys come up
* Powerful layer function allows you to combine existing key sets in different ways
* Use any language with the appropriate key images including Cyrillic, Ancient Greek, Georgian, Arabic, Quenya, and Hiragana.
* Display notes, numerals, special symbols, HTML codes, math functions or any other special symbol.
* Any key (or to be exact, a unit consisting of a cap, a microchip and a display) can be easily removed by hands to be cleaned or replaced
* Built in USB hub
* SD Card Slot for Storing keyboard Settings

Product Specifications

* Keyboard Dimensions: Length 537 mm, Width 173 mm, Height 38 mm
* Key Dimensions: 20.2 x 20.2 mm
* Display Dimensions: 10.1 x 10.1 mm viewable area on each key
* Display Resolution: 48 x 48 pixels per key
* Frame Rate: 10 FPS
* Color Depth: 65,536 Colors
* Viewing Angle: 160 degrees