http://blogs.computerworld.com/laptop_keyboard_parts_to_reveal_second_screen
http://www.electronickeyboards.com/keyboards-computers-future.html (scroll down)

Interesting idea. At least the keyboard is split, too bad they didn't
have the sense to straighten the rows. I also find the utter lack of
a pointing device problematic. I don't want to carry a separate
device with my laptop.

It seems to me that this company is providing this as a "technology
preview" in the hope that someone else will buy the idea and do the
actual manufacturing.

--
Giles
http://www.gilesorr.com/
gilesorr <at> gmail.com

Well, it finally happened, as I had long predicted it would.

About a month ago I accidentally spilled a few ounces of beer into my
1987 IBM Model M keyboard. The beer was Summit Extra Pale Ale (St.
Paul, Minn). As I thought it might, the keyboard began to malfunction.
Reasoning that it would be better to flush out the offending beverage
than let it dry inside the keyboard, I unplugged the board and
thoroughly flushed it with tap water. I mean, I completely drenched it,
and then drained it. After drying for about 2 weeks, I put the keyboard
back into service, and all is well. It works just fine.

In case anybody cares.
-Peter

Most electronics you can dishwasher with a very small amount of soap
(like half a shotglass), then run the steam cycle twice and it'll be
fine afterward.

In case that helps =)

--Keith

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:24 PM, pbrun01 <pbrun01 <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, it finally happened, as I had long predicted it would.
>
> About a month ago I accidentally spilled a few ounces of beer into my
> 1987 IBM Model M keyboard. The beer was Summit Extra Pale Ale (St.
> Paul, Minn). As I thought it might, the keyboard began to malfunction.
> Reasoning that it would be better to flush out the offending beverage
> than let it dry inside the keyboard, I unplugged the board and
> thoroughly flushed it with tap water. I mean, I completely drenched it,
> and then drained it. After drying for about 2 weeks, I put the keyboard
> back into service, and all is well. It works just fine.
>
> In case anybody cares.
> -Peter
>
>

I usually work better after I've dried out a couple weeks, too.

:)

--- In altkeyboards <at> yahoogroups.com, "pbrun01" <pbrun01 <at> ...> wrote:
>
> Well, it finally happened, as I had long predicted it would.
>
> About a month ago I accidentally spilled a few ounces of beer into my
> 1987 IBM Model M keyboard. The beer was Summit Extra Pale Ale (St.
> Paul, Minn). As I thought it might, the keyboard began to malfunction.
> Reasoning that it would be better to flush out the offending beverage
> than let it dry inside the keyboard, I unplugged the board and
> thoroughly flushed it with tap water. I mean, I completely drenched it,
> and then drained it. After drying for about 2 weeks, I put the keyboard
> back into service, and all is well. It works just fine.
>
> In case anybody cares.
> -Peter
>