Keystick Foldable Keyboard Revealed

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A pair of Japanese Korean designers have unveiled their design for the ‘Keystick’, a fold-able compact portable keyboard. The keyboard is apart of their ‘None Bacteria Project’, and it isn’t intended for the travel-heavy or smartphone users – instead, its supposed to prevent bacteria-conscious users from having to use public computer keyboards.

Public health and cleanliness is a high concern in Japan, so it’s no surprise that this keyboard concept has come out of that country. This (so far, conceptual) keyboard comes with a USB dongle that will attach to a public computer, allowing you to wirelessly interact with your own bacteria-free keyboard. This device could be more popular in the US and Europe as the ultimate travel keyboard.

Don’t get your hopes up for a release near you anytime soon. The Keystick was designed for a design contest and isn’t an actual product or even conceived by a hardware engineer who has build things in reality. Still, there’s always a chance that company could attempt a similar design and bring it to real life – or possibly license this concept from the designers.

(I mistook the Korean designers for Japanese when I originally wrote this post. Apologies to all – thanks to C.S. Magor for the heads up.)