Optimus Maximus The Optimus Maximus Keyboard, previously just “Optimus keyboard”, is a keyboard currently in development, from the Art. Lebedev Studio, headed by Artemy Lebedev. Each of its keys is a display which can dynamically change to adapt to the keyboard layout in use or to show the function of the key. Pre-orders began on 20 May 2007 for limited production runs.

The design featured on the studio’s website received attention on the web when it was featured on Slashdot on 14 July 2005, and afterwards for a few weeks on other technology websites. Read More »