Concrete Macro Keyboard
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Twisting our wrists into awkward shapes to access key combinations is torture on the carpal bones. So why not use a macro keyboard for your most commonly used commands? We’ve looked at a few in these pages, but this is the first one we’ve seen to feature concrete, which we can only imagine gives the build a weighty, solid feel. Couple that with clicky mechanical key switches and you’ve got a device that should last forever.
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Ben is the Editor of HackSpace magazine. When not wrangling words, he enjoys cycling, gardening, and attempting to identify wild mushrooms.
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