Hey all,

Some of you have seen me post here before. For those who haven’t, I’m David, I’m a Canadian primary care doctor, worked in chronic pain, and I built a split ergonomic keyboard. It’s called the TAIKO-01 and it launches on Kickstarter on Tuesday (June 2).

For those who do know about this, yes it’s finally actually happening 😭. Appreciate everyone who stuck around.

The TL;DR is 5 years ago I got carpal tunnel and wrist tendinosis, built one for myself, serendipitously ended up selling dactyl-like variations to a lot of people over the years, took the feedback I got then created this based off it, quit my job to work on this, found out the hard way that injection mold designs are way more complicated than 3D printed designs, ended up working on this for a whole year.

Details:

Switches: Gateron browns. 4 switches are 1.5u in size and 56 are 1u in size.

Keycaps: Laser-etched ABS XDA profile keycaps

Connectivity: Wired USB

OS Compatibility: Linux, macOS, Windows

Firmware Compatibility: QMK, Vial, VIA

Keycap Compatibility: XDA, DSA, MOA, SA Row 3 and MA

Keyswitch Compatibility: All MX-style keyswitches

Prelaunch waitlist here is still open until Monday if you want the early backer price.

Happy to answer any questions.

*It is NOT wireless

    • udc@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      5 days ago

      You’re welcome! I’m just curious but is there a particular reason why no wireless is a selling point?

      • ayushnix@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        I may be wrong but wireless interference with nearby devices and ports, possibility of higher input latency, and comparative closed source firmware nature of wireless devices makes me want to never buy a wireless keyboard.

        I made the mistake of buying a wireless Logitech (I know, buying Logitech itself is a mistake) MX Vertical already, never again.

        • udc@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Wow yeah that lines up. I think at some workplaces they don’t allow Bluetooth gadgets for the same reason.

      • HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        Security mindset; the convenience of wireless does not outweigh a preference against radiating everything you type for some entities. Cables can generally be had to any preferred length, so they aren’t a problem for this specific use case.