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The keyboard from 2005 with 113 tiny OLED screens.

Art Lebedev’s expensive Optimus keyboards seemed like a footnote in tech blogging history until a small German company saw the potential for a new generation of content creators.

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close-up render of Optimus Maximus macro column with six keys visible. The keys each have an OLED screen in them, displaying 2000s-era icons including iTunes, Internet Explorer, and Quicktime.
Image: Art Lebedev
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