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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.


===Successfully Keyboardized:===
===Successfully Keyboardized===


*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1166963402549317632 Children Intelligent Learning Machine]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1142507091174625280 VTech Pull & Learn Alligator] (twitter thread) See also videos in [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145069804799197184 the follow up thread]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1274527326554845185 Fisher-Price Linkimals A to Z Otter]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1165168201799389184 VTech Thomas & Friends Learn & Explore Laptop Teardown] (twitter thread) See also the videos in [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1166234722843774976 the follow up thread].
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145911058189582338 LeapFrog My Own Leaptop] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145911058189582338 LeapFrog My Own Leaptop]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1166963402549317632 Children Intelligent Learning Machine] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283264756233601024 LeapFrog LeapBuilders Construction Blocks]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1210817467573891072 Oregon Scientific Barbie Laptop], and [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1211550699965669377 follow up thread]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1210405101543686144 VTech Alphabert and Sprocket]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1142507091174625280 VTech Pull & Learn Alligator]. See also videos in [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145069804799197184 the follow up thread]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1146315727546114049 VTech Princess Fantasy Notebook]. Videos in [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1147788603088490496 the followup thread]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1165168201799389184 VTech Thomas & Friends Learn & Explore Laptop Teardown]. See also the videos in [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1166234722843774976 the follow up thread].


===Not Yet Keyboardized:===
===Not Yet Keyboardized===


*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1153523022306762752 CIDE toys Kidz Delight] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1153523022306762752 CIDE toys Kidz Delight]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1146315727546114049 VTech Princess Fantasy Notebook] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1182520986911928320 LeapFrog Alphabet Pal]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145443364260601856 VTech Alphabet Town] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1171632312175353856 LeapFrog AlphaPup]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1144115173742874625 VTech Super Color Whiz] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1207785236043448321 LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1171632312175353856 LeapFrog AlphaPup] (twitter thread)
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1340433898979770368 Radio Shack Computer Typing Instructor]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1060812926825652226 VTech Little Apps Tablet] (twitter thread). [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1061759830086475776 See also thread 2, with the second keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145443364260601856 VTech Alphabet Town]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1060812926825652226 VTech Little Apps Tablet]. [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1061759830086475776 See also thread 2, with the second keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1279223175046291456 VTech Nitro Web notebook™]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1144115173742874625 VTech Super Color Whiz]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1278911489676468224 Vtech Tote & Go Laptop Web]

===Built From Mostly Scratch Bad Keyboards===

*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257164625184841729 Binary Keyboard (7-switch)]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257208935360028673 Binary Keyboard (2 button)]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257215803268554753 Unary Keyboard (1 button)]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1228951090478977024 The Furboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1227825104110751744 Rotary Phone Numpad]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1227832631150006272 Rotary Phone SMS Dialing]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1207892434706825216 Analog Dial Keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1236432401712078848 Random ASCII Keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1259644761209634818 The FlopKey Floppy-Disk Keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1419137542297767939 Clock Keyboard]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/Foone/status/1448539895606087682 Teeth Keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1489430212768985089 Randomized layout designed-by-physics Keyboard]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1585780252998975488 Poetry Keyboard]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynY4j49hXNk Physics Keyboard]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRqRQ7hYxjk Cube Keyboard]
*[https://www.tumblr.com/foone/721218604811616256/behold-my-latest-bad-keyboard-the-shiftkeyboard?source=share ShiftKeyBoard]

===Bad Keyboard Layouts===

*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1261467973136470019 Vertical QWERTY]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283284061683806213 4-Line QWERTY]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1291865620007358464 Left-handed QWERTY]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1291897354375716866 Flipped QWERTY]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283290298324447232 Real DVORAK]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1293680783551418368 Real COLEMAK]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1293745971487109121 Linotype]
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1182554915425513472 Michael Crichton's Sphere keyboard]


==Projects==
==Projects==

Latest revision as of 16:18, 17 August 2023

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

Not Yet Keyboardized

Built From Mostly Scratch Bad Keyboards

Bad Keyboard Layouts

Projects