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Top 10 Strangest Keyboards

Jennifer L. DeLeo writes: “Specialized features like LED backlighting and ergonomic design have become the standard in today’s keyboards, which means that there’s plenty of room for a new crop of strange keyboards to emerge into the peripheral scene. For the past week, I’ve hunted down the most unusual and ridiculous keyboards—and I came pretty close to Ctrl+Alt+Deleting some of them from my head.” At right is the orbiTouch Keyless Ergonomic Keyboard for those with repetitive strain injury, which allows the use of hands and arms instead of fingers to type.

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The Year in Hardware

The past 12 months have featured touch screens, context-aware gadgets, autonomous vehicles, and brain-computer interfaces.

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