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The Input Club Keystone Mechanical Keyboard is an unparalleled leap forward in typing and gaming technology. The Keystone combines two new keyboard features - High Definition Analog Control and per-key fast Hall Effect (magnetic) sensing - for supreme performance. Our magnetic switch technology enables near-infinite customization, billion-press durability (20x the industry standard), and analog control benefits for everyone. Full firmware programmability and RGB lighting round out its features. This project is the future of mechanical keyboards; join our waitlist to have the future of keyboards at your fingertips.
The Keystone brings novel features together to continue pushing keyboard invention further - with its SILO Hall Effect and High Definition Analog Switches. These are both keyboard switch technologies that have been produced in the past, separately, but this implementation takes them to the next level. With Hall Effect switches, instead of relying on a bending piece of metal for actuation, your keyboard tracks the movement of a magnet. This allows you to change when and where the keyboard receives the signal, while also providing a billion press switch lifespan that simply cannot be competed with.
Analog sensing is ultimate future of all input devices however - and this is the true jewel in the Keystone's crown. The switch to Analog from Digital transforms the keyboard from being a series of "On / Off" buttons into a collection of gas pedals with adjustable performance. New possibilities for gaming abound - lightly pressing WASD can let you walk in a direction, while pushing the key all the way down results in running. For typists, a half press could be a lowercase "a" and a full press a capital "A" - the possibilities abound.
The combination of these features results in the first of a generation of keyboards that will essentially make the entire market obsolete. There is absolutely no reason to buy a product with switches that do much less and last 1/20th as long, provided the price is about the same. The Keystone will launch on Kickstarter in June 2019 for early backers at a price below $100, as an effort to reward early adopters who want to help pave the way for the future of keyboards.
Input Club is a group of engineers and designers who drive innovation in the field of input devices. Our team has developed special mechanical keyswitches, open source keyboard firmware, and some of the more iconic keyboard designs to hit the marketplace. The team formed in 2014 because there was very little innovation in the keyboard space.
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The Keystone brings novel features together to continue pushing keyboard invention further - with its SILO Hall Effect and High Definition Analog Switches. These are both keyboard switch technologies that have been produced in the past, separately, but this implementation takes them to the next level. With Hall Effect switches, instead of relying on a bending piece of metal for actuation, your keyboard tracks the movement of a magnet. This allows you to change when and where the keyboard receives the signal, while also providing a billion press switch lifespan that simply cannot be competed with.
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Analog sensing is ultimate future of all input devices however - and this is the true jewel in the Keystone's crown. The switch to Analog from Digital transforms the keyboard from being a series of "On / Off" buttons into a collection of gas pedals with adjustable performance. New possibilities for gaming abound - lightly pressing WASD can let you walk in a direction, while pushing the key all the way down results in running. For typists, a half press could be a lowercase "a" and a full press a capital "A" - the possibilities abound.
The combination of these features results in the first of a generation of keyboards that will essentially make the entire market obsolete. There is absolutely no reason to buy a product with switches that do much less and last 1/20th as long, provided the price is about the same. The Keystone will launch on Kickstarter in June 2019 for early backers at a price below $100, as an effort to reward early adopters who want to help pave the way for the future of keyboards.
Input Club is a group of engineers and designers who drive innovation in the field of input devices. Our team has developed special mechanical keyswitches, open source keyboard firmware, and some of the more iconic keyboard designs to hit the marketplace. The team formed in 2014 because there was very little innovation in the keyboard space.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site