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Parameterized ergonomic keyboard

25 mentions on Hacker News by 22 people: 1 story, 24 comments · first 2016-02-26 · latest 2025-01-03

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  1. …(Model 100 in 1992) in turn had copied the Maltron [2], designed by Lilian Malt in the 1970's. 1. https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard 2. https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html
  2. …Being open-source (parametric SCAD), there are also a bunch of derived designs out there. < https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard > There is a PCB kit for the Dactyl to reduce the amount of handwiring: <…
  3. Very similar vibes to the dactyl, if you're feeling handy and interested in a little DIY... https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
    comment by zeeb · 2021-12-17 · in Kinesis Advantage 360
  4. …that accepts a range of values and then generates a model. Dactyl keyboards work this way https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
    comment by thefunnyman · 2021-08-24 · in Ploopy: open hardware trackballs and mouse
  5. …[7] https://qmk.fm/ [8] https://twitter.com/kinesisergo/status/1397335511694381058 [9] https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard [10] https://github.com/abstracthat/dactyl-manuform [11] https://ohkeycaps.com/products/built-to-order-dactyl-…
  6. …keyboards, most of which require hand-wiring to accommodate for the curved shape of the design: https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard Innovative designers have come up with alternatives that rely of flexible PCBs. The most recent…
    comment by 1MachineElf · 2021-05-23 · in Rapid Prototyping with a $100 Inkjet Printer
  7. …shortcuts which are not available on laptop. Meanwhile if you'd pick something like Dactyl https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard , I believe it would be more difficult to jump arround. P.S. After a year my typing speed on split…
    comment by Pawka · 2020-09-28 · in Split Keyboard for Professionals
  8. …but well worth it. 1. https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/ 2. https://www.maltron.com/ 3. https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
  9. …mean a portable kinesis advantage. There are some other kinesis keyboards which are portable. [0] https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
    comment by yuribro · 2020-06-04 · in Workman Keyboard Layout (2010)
  10. …Manuform. Adding the joysticks shouldn't be as difficult as designing the whole thing from scratch. https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard https://github.com/abstracthat/dactyl-manuform
    comment by Symbiote · 2020-02-18 · in Sherbet: An Ergonomic Gaming Keypad
  11. …style ortho board on steroids. I imagine the two would play quite nicely together. [0] https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
  12. …go wild with tye keyboard structure as well. For a while, I've been wanting to try a Dactyl: https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard But I wonder if the space of possibilities contains some wacky hidden gems that we are just missing.
    comment by xelxebar · 2019-11-02 · in Halmak – AI designed keyboard layout
  13. …looks equally tempting (but involves a lot of soldering and other work) is the Dactyl keyboard ( https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard ).
    comment by Tepix · 2019-10-04 · in Pricing niche products
  14. Dactyl https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard is split and curved. Been thinking about building one, though I'd probably use wood as casing material and I know it will be a lot of work, so it may or may not materialize...
    comment by bingerman · 2019-07-15 · in Anatomy of a Mechanical Keyboard (2018)
  15. No touchpad, but: https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
    comment by solatic · 2019-07-14 · in Anatomy of a Mechanical Keyboard (2018)
  16. You might want to check out the dactyl. https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
  17. …clojure generate the curvature and the scads. Pure bliss in terms of human->machine interface. [0] https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
    comment by boomskats · 2019-03-28 · in Atreus Keyboard Build
  18. …with scad-clj. https://github.com/farrellm/scad-clj This is biggest project I know of that uses it: https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3A41U0iO4
  19. …programming focused layout. For less then 150CAD, it was worth it for it being entirely my own. [1] https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard [2] https://deskthority.net/wiki/Category:List_of_all_keyboard_s... [3]…
  20. …helpful. Here are some great open-source designs: https://olkb.com/planck https://www.ergodox.io/ https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
  21. …there are folks out there creating their own curved keyboards. See the following for an example. https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard
    comment by verisimilidude · 2016-10-10 · in How I built a keyboard by hand
  22. …For anyone interested, all the source and models for the Dactyl keyboard are available here: https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard There's also a talk I gave a Clojure/conj about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3A41U0iO4
    comment by Adrock · 2016-10-10 · in How I built a keyboard by hand
  23. You could always 3D print your own one... https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard Bonus points for having used Clojure to design it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3A41U0iO4
    comment by samdoshi · 2016-08-06 · in Kinesis Advantage 2
  24. …motivation for the work I've been doing to make parameterized 3d models for ergonomic keyboards ( https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard ). I definitely experienced some cognitive dissonance watching an 82 year old flying around vim…