The Model 01 Mechanical Keyboard

Those who do a lot of typing throughout the day know that it can put quite a lot of strain on your wrists and on your entire body. Physical exercise can be rough on your if you are doing the motions wrong, the same goes for sitting at a computer and typing all day long. If you are tired of having an aching back, sore wrists and tingling fingers, then it’s about time to upgrade your setup…

Choosing a keyboard in this day and age actually means making a lifestyle choice, and there are ergonomic alternatives to simply choosing a traditional straight keyboard, but not everyone find them attractive. The people from Keyboardio are hoping consumers will choose the Model 01 mechanical keyboard with a sleek, sophisticated design.

The Model 01’s gentle sloping shape that looks almost like a butterfly shouldn’t fool you, as it is designed to help you type with lightning speed without compromising your body over time. It is fit with mechanical switches and cool LED back lighting, and they boast on their Kickstarter page that once you rest your palms on two blocks of polished maple wood “you won’t want to go back to another flat, plastic box.”

There are 64 key caps and they have been individually sculpted to help you know where your fingers should be headed next. The design of the keyboard is made to work naturally with the position of our hands as we type – because they’re curved, one does not need to hitch their hand at the wrist to angle them forward as with traditional keyboards.

Instead of your poor pinky being forced to do all the heavy lifting, there are more buttons laod out for your thumb and one for your palm that will act as your function button, giving you access to a wholly different layout which includes a mouse!

You will even be able to customize the Model 01 as you see fit, and if you don’t plan on using the QWERTY layout, blank key caps are also available for those who use a different layout.

If you put down an investment in the project, Keyboardio promises to deliver one of its Model 01 keyboards with source code and a screwdriver by April 2016.

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