The Keystick Keyboard Collapses, Keeps You Healthy
The Keystick Keyboard Collapses, Keeps You Healthy
Posted 12/14/2009 at 6:21am
| by Paul Lilly
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Here's one for the hypochondriac on the go - a collapsible keyboard that, in addition to folding up into a compact stick for easy carrying, it also purports to keep the germs away.
Designers Yoonsang Kim and Eunsung Park made sure to include a "None Bacterial Project" label front and center, which lets potential buyers know that their portable plank is first and foremost designed to reduce the spread of infection. But the real draw here is in how neatly and compact the plank folds up
It's a concept keyboard so you can't actually order one right now, but until the design comes to fruition, you can ogle at a handful of pics of what the plank might look like, should someone actually build it, at YankoDesign.com.
Want to have some fun with the germaphobes? Post a link to a pic of the filthiest keyboard you own, Hot Pocket shrapnel and all, in the comments section below.
Image Credit: YankoDesign
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5150cd
December 14, 2009 at 11:49am
I had a keyboardLITERALLY disintegrate while using it because it was so covered with oil, bleach, turpentine, acid, and cigarette ashes. I don't have any picutres though, but it was way worse than your guys'.
Caboose
December 14, 2009 at 8:54am
All I need is for this to be released and then my users get wind of it. Everyone is so paranoid about germs and whatnot that I was almost forced to disinfect every keyboard and mouse in the building. But I stood strong and said NO! If a user wants to disinfect their keyboard and mouse, have their department buy some Lysol wipes.
As for the dirty keyboard picture, here's my submission: http://i49.tinypic.com/29n6zj4.jpg
It's taken from a timeclock in my building that mechanics use.
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Caboose
December 15, 2009 at 8:57am
I don't work at a post office, sorry...
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
lunchbox73
December 14, 2009 at 9:54am
Pssh. That picture is nothing compared to the keyboards I saw daily at a metal fabricating plant I used to work at. I don't have any pictures but they were naaaasty.
Caboose
December 14, 2009 at 10:03am
I had some keyboards that were about a million times worse than the one pictured, but they were disposed of in the summer...
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
gendoikari1
December 14, 2009 at 7:10am
How is this supposed to lower the spread of germs? My guess is being deliberately awful enough so that nobody would dare use it.
Paul_Lilly
December 14, 2009 at 7:19am
The idea is that instead of mashing the keys on a public keyboard (like those at an Internet Cafe), a collapsible keyboard makes it feasible to bring your own plank and avoid getting cooties.
-Paul Lilly
Queenof1
December 14, 2009 at 5:35pm
exactly why I don't use the company provided pc in the break room. ewww.
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