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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] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1166963402549317632 Children Intelligent Learning Machine] |
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*[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]. |
*[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]. |
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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/1171632312175353856 LeapFrog AlphaPup] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1171632312175353856 LeapFrog AlphaPup] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1207785236043448321 LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1207785236043448321 LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1340433898979770368 Radio Shack Computer Typing Instructor] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1145443364260601856 VTech Alphabet Town] |
*[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] |
*[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/1278911489676468224 Vtech Tote & Go Laptop Web] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1278911489676468224 Vtech Tote & Go Laptop Web] |
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===Built From Mostly Scratch Bad Keyboards |
===Built From Mostly Scratch Bad Keyboards=== |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257164625184841729 Binary Keyboard (7-switch)] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1257164625184841729 Binary Keyboard (7-switch)] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1236432401712078848 Random ASCII Keyboard] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1236432401712078848 Random ASCII Keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1259644761209634818 The FlopKey Floppy-Disk Keyboard] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1259644761209634818 The FlopKey Floppy-Disk Keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1419137542297767939 Clock Keyboard] |
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*[https://mobile.twitter.com/Foone/status/1448539895606087682 Teeth Keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1489430212768985089 Randomized layout designed-by-physics Keyboard] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1585780252998975488 Poetry Keyboard] |
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynY4j49hXNk Physics Keyboard] |
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRqRQ7hYxjk Cube Keyboard] |
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*[https://www.tumblr.com/foone/721218604811616256/behold-my-latest-bad-keyboard-the-shiftkeyboard?source=share ShiftKeyBoard] |
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===Bad Keyboard Layouts |
===Bad Keyboard Layouts=== |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1261467973136470019 Vertical QWERTY] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1261467973136470019 Vertical QWERTY] |
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*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1283284061683806213 4-Line QWERTY] |
*[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] |
*[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] |
*[https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1182554915425513472 Michael Crichton's Sphere keyboard] |
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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
- 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
- Clock Keyboard
- Teeth Keyboard
- Randomized layout designed-by-physics Keyboard
- Poetry Keyboard
- Physics Keyboard
- Cube Keyboard
- ShiftKeyBoard
Bad Keyboard Layouts
- Vertical QWERTY
- 4-Line QWERTY
- Left-handed QWERTY
- Flipped QWERTY
- Real DVORAK
- Real COLEMAK
- Linotype
- Michael Crichton's Sphere keyboard