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I like to take apart kid's toys which have keyboards on them and turn them into Real USB Keyboards. |
I like to take apart kid's toys which have keyboards on them and turn them into Real USB Keyboards. |
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===Successfully Keyboardized |
===Successfully Keyboardized=== |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1166963402549317632 Children Intelligent Learning Machine] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1274527326554845185 Fisher-Price Linkimals A to Z Otter] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145911058189582338 LeapFrog My Own Leaptop] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145911058189582338 LeapFrog My Own Leaptop] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283264756233601024 LeapFrog LeapBuilders Construction Blocks] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1210817467573891072 Oregon Scientific Barbie Laptop], and [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1211550699965669377 follow up thread] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1210405101543686144 VTech Alphabert and Sprocket] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1146315727546114049 VTech Princess Fantasy Notebook]. Videos in [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1147788603088490496 the followup thread] |
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===Not Yet Keyboardized |
===Not Yet Keyboardized=== |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1153523022306762752 CIDE toys Kidz Delight] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1153523022306762752 CIDE toys Kidz Delight] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1182520986911928320 LeapFrog Alphabet Pal] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1171632312175353856 LeapFrog AlphaPup] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1207785236043448321 LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1340433898979770368 Radio Shack Computer Typing Instructor] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/ |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145443364260601856 VTech Alphabet Town] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1060812926825652226 VTech Little Apps Tablet]. [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1061759830086475776 See also thread 2, with the second keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1279223175046291456 VTech Nitro Web notebook™] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1144115173742874625 VTech Super Color Whiz] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1278911489676468224 Vtech Tote & Go Laptop Web] |
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===Built From Mostly Scratch Bad Keyboards=== |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257164625184841729 Binary Keyboard (7-switch)] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257208935360028673 Binary Keyboard (2 button)] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257215803268554753 Unary Keyboard (1 button)] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1228951090478977024 The Furboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1227825104110751744 Rotary Phone Numpad] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1227832631150006272 Rotary Phone SMS Dialing] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1207892434706825216 Analog Dial Keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1236432401712078848 Random ASCII Keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1259644761209634818 The FlopKey Floppy-Disk Keyboard] |
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===Bad Keyboard Layouts=== |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1261467973136470019 Vertical QWERTY] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283284061683806213 4-Line QWERTY] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1291865620007358464 Left-handed QWERTY] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1291897354375716866 Flipped QWERTY] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283290298324447232 Real DVORAK] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1293680783551418368 Real COLEMAK] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1293745971487109121 Linotype] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1182554915425513472 Michael Crichton's Sphere keyboard] |
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==Projects== |
==Projects== |
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Revision as of 00:21, 20 December 2020
I'm a computer programmer with a soldering iron: The most dangerous beast.
Terrible Keyboards
I like to take apart kid's toys which have keyboards on them and turn them into Real USB Keyboards.
Successfully Keyboardized
- Children Intelligent Learning Machine
- Fisher-Price Linkimals A to Z Otter
- LeapFrog My Own Leaptop
- LeapFrog LeapBuilders Construction Blocks
- Oregon Scientific Barbie Laptop, and follow up thread
- VTech Alphabert and Sprocket
- VTech Pull & Learn Alligator. See also videos in the follow up thread
- VTech Princess Fantasy Notebook. Videos in the followup thread
- VTech Thomas & Friends Learn & Explore Laptop Teardown. See also the videos in the follow up thread.
Not Yet Keyboardized
- CIDE toys Kidz Delight
- LeapFrog Alphabet Pal
- LeapFrog AlphaPup
- LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer
- Radio Shack Computer Typing Instructor
- VTech Alphabet Town
- VTech Little Apps Tablet. See also thread 2, with the second keyboard
- VTech Nitro Web notebook™
- VTech Super Color Whiz
- Vtech Tote & Go Laptop Web
Built From Mostly Scratch Bad Keyboards
- Binary Keyboard (7-switch)
- Binary Keyboard (2 button)
- Unary Keyboard (1 button)
- The Furboard
- Rotary Phone Numpad
- Rotary Phone SMS Dialing
- Analog Dial Keyboard
- Random ASCII Keyboard
- The FlopKey Floppy-Disk Keyboard
Bad Keyboard Layouts
- Vertical QWERTY
- 4-Line QWERTY
- Left-handed QWERTY
- Flipped QWERTY
- Real DVORAK
- Real COLEMAK
- Linotype
- Michael Crichton's Sphere keyboard