Been following your project for a while. Looks very promising. What price range are you expecting this to run?

The keycaps look like lots of Want Want Milk Candy.

I used to get those comments a lot more on previous versions. I think the trypophabia effect is less pronounced with the new saddle dishes and without the holes I used to add for RGB to shine through. It does make the white resin keys look more like molars though. Not as much in person as in pictures, I think. Maybe a more matte surface would be better. Or just turn on the RGB.

That said, I am leaning into the insect aesthetic also with my company logo.

I'm not currently planning a split version. But I do get the question enough that I may reconsider it in the future. That said, I feel the concept with an aggressive angle between keyboard halves resulting from a nearly unbroken hex grid, built-in tenting and keywells through stacked PCBs works best for a compact unibody design.

Split version?

This is AWESOME!!

That looks like too many molars. Kinda trypophobia-y?

Looks exceptional, great job! Thanks for sharing ;)

Right that's true

That makes sense to me, not much choice there it seems. Could always jusy release the patent early once it's done what it's needed for 👍

It wouldn't be open source. The main reason is because we want to do a clinical trial on split & curved keyboards and need to get govt funding. It'd cost >$100k. I've tried applying for grants already and was rejected because they wanted to see a patent. So it can't really be open source. I was thinking if we got a large enough Kicksarter that we might not need grant funding (or enough sales after). But that isn't looking like it'll happen haha. Which is fine, just got to keep chugging along. I've thought of a few ways around this to still give back to the community. But either open sourcing parts of it that are not covered by the patent or, from what I've seen some medical device companies do, dedicate a portion of profits to provide the product for free for people who can't afford it. But yeah I mean this keyboard was built on the back of giants so giving back is an obvious thing we need to do.

Thanks! Oh and another thing regarding price is we're hoping to register it as a medical device at some point so that it can be covered by insurance. But just because I'm only familiar with US/Canada medical device regulations, we would prioritize US/Canada first.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll edit it so the injection mold part is more prominent. Yeah I'm not aware of any concave keyboards that are injection molded that are hotdwappable.

It's TRS, which works with TRS and TRRS cords. I tried "mocking" a USB-C port and asking for feedback and got some people confused which port goes where, so just went with TRS in the end. It's not TRRS also because it doesn't with with TRS, whereas the opposite is true.

I used to sell dactyl minis like the one you pointed out. What I've found from customer feedback was that the thumb cluster needed to be improved. Specifically regarding 4 keys that make a square. Users reported they needed to move their thumbs in an uncomfortable way to avoid hitting the 2 keys that are closer, when reaching for the 2 keys that are further away.

Thanks!

I've been drooling over the open tab ever since the Kickstarter went up. I have many keyboards from my firmware hacking days, but one with a keywell is missing from my collection. Sadly can't afford it, but it'll remain on my wishlist, so whenever that changes, whenever I'll be able to afford one, I will get one.

I'm not sure it would replace my Keyboardio Model 100 (the thumb key on that is just so incredibly useful), but it's the closest thing I've seen so far.

Good luck!

PieFed and Lemmy support post tags as well. Granted, that feature was added to Lemmy with the recent release of v1.0, just within the past week or so. The rules in this community (and third-party apps) have not caught up yet.

I can imagine, it would still be great though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Compared to a Scylla

• One fewer key on each thumb cluster (2 fewer total)
• One extra key under each middle/ring finger (4 extra total)
• Not 3D printed
  • I think this should be called out more prominently in the Kickstarter/webpage
  • Many similar keyboards are 3D printed, which is generally considered to be a cheaper product than an injection molded product. Most people will likely assume this final product is 3D printed, especially after seeing all the mentions of 3D printed prototypes
  • I had to scroll through the official website quite a bit to find a definitive answer to whether or not this is 3D printed
• Hot swappable
• No lighting
• I cannot tell how the halves connect to each other. USB-C or TRRS?

It's a totally understandable price, I'm just broke lol 😝

Just pledged! I didn't see on the kickstarter, sorry if I missed it, but will this be open sourced? Also, would you consider looking into PHA for the injection molding in the future? Wayyyyyy more environmentally friendly, and pretty sturdy to boot!

Thank! Glad you like it! Yeah I understand. The mold cost is very high since the geometry is complex.

Yeah track ball would need to be a later addition. Just trying to keep things simple for now to avoid extending the timeline too much. It can take 2-3 months just to manufacture the molds alone nevermind revisions.

Corrected it now. Didn't realize I needed to put it in the title since I'm used to reddit and it's has tags for those.

Holy shit, that's a lot of money.

I like the design, I'm just wondering if you wouldn't be able to throw in a track ball or something like this in addition. I don't like switching from keyboard to mouse.

I have had the Voyager for about a year, AMA.