Dec 8 2008Why?: The Type-From-The-Back Keyboard
The Grippity is a real product that will be hitting shelves mid next year for about a hundred bones (big ones, like arm and leg bones -- not the little ones in your ear). I question its usefulness. But then again, I question the usefulness of my third leg too. It drags on the ground, so, I dunno, maybe it's for stability.
You get a full QWERTY keyboard that allows for eight-finger typing yoga straight from the back, while a couple of triggers behind double up as mouse buttons. The learning curve for this would be pretty steep as you will probably have to forget about everything you know and start over. Nice to see the Grippity come with an orientation sensor that enables the 60 QWERTY keys to double up as hot keys whenever the unit is flipped over.
Cool, yes, but why? Like drinking a gallon of milk in an hour, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Unless a friend bets against you, in which case it becomes a matter of pride. And projectile vomiting.
Hit the jump to see a picture of the back.
Grippity Production Model Is Ready [ubergizmo]
Thanks to Ain Allmighty, who types the way God intended, with a stick.
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Reader Comments
1. Pew³ - December 8, 2008 12:57 PM
I want one for xmas
2. Pew³ - December 8, 2008 12:58 PM
wow, I was first? You lurkers are slow today!
pew pew pew
3. Moose Knuckle - December 8, 2008 12:59 PM
Mmmmm... I smell carpal tunnel.
4. Alex Tribek - December 8, 2008 1:05 PM
I like booze!
5. Daisy - December 8, 2008 1:06 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where the harlem globettrotters got stranded on a desert island with Max and Baja.
6. Hannukah Montana - December 8, 2008 1:10 PM
Holy f***ing moly!
A c***sucking keyboard?
7. GINORMAGANTUAN - December 8, 2008 1:11 PM
this is such a f***ing shitty invention! I would use one of these to beat the shit out of DAISY with
8. nice tits CHECK me out (I'm a tranny) - December 8, 2008 1:26 PM
ginormagantuan! You asshole!
I f***ing kill you!
9. Pew³ - December 8, 2008 1:40 PM
Whats up with the freaks posting and all the profanity? Shock value? It's not funny. Try to say something funny. Try to be funnier than Daisy. Thats a start. Maybe say something a little witty. Just being a freak though is wierd.
10. lisasimpson - December 8, 2008 1:44 PM
I do think hitting daisy with this keyboard would hurt more than hitting her with a double whopper, but meat would be more humiliating. Anyone for a BK run?
11. Moose Knuckle - December 8, 2008 1:50 PM
Vulva
12. Dr.Death - December 8, 2008 1:51 PM
weeeeeeeee useless
13. Hawk - December 8, 2008 1:51 PM
Grippy is the name of an octopus or a really cool dildo, not a keyboard!
14. Ollie Williams - December 8, 2008 2:02 PM
Just stupid.
15. GRAMMARNAZI - December 8, 2008 2:03 PM
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16. C-Basstian - December 8, 2008 2:16 PM
im gonna make a keyboard in which you use your knees to type... thats about as useful as this piece of shit.
17. Thumperchica - December 8, 2008 2:17 PM
This is a quick route to carpal tunnel... and it's LAME
@10 - you can have it your way at BK... Get a double Whopper and double meat that bitch in the face.
18. known - December 8, 2008 2:20 PM
7, 12 & 14 - agreed, so pointless.
9: f*** off. Btw saying 'pew' as much as you 'do' is gheyer than cum on a sailors mustache
19. Ollie Williams - December 8, 2008 2:26 PM
Cum on a sailor's mustache is gay? Shit, what have I been doing with my life.. all these years...
20. Matt - December 8, 2008 2:56 PM
Wow, I didn't know there was a "counter-intuitive" market.
21. Noleg - December 8, 2008 3:17 PM
Dear Geekologie Writer,
You seem to talk about the imaginary "thrid leg" of yours a lot. You do realize most of the population would consider that as a ploy on your self confidence...
You probably have a smaller than normal penis and don't get much.
It's ok, we understand.
22. G Warlock Vance - December 8, 2008 3:31 PM
I don't know what I find more astonishing - this nonsensical piece of crap or the Geekologist's tri-pod-like extension!
23. GINORMAGANTUAN - December 8, 2008 3:41 PM
OHHHH SHEET NUKKA GINORMAGANTUAN'S BLACKER THAN USUAL GHETTO TALKING MOTHA F***ING LAME ASS EVIL TWEEN BE UP IN THA HOUSE MUH-FUKKAZZZZ!!!!!!! SHEET!!!!!!
24. Haas - December 8, 2008 3:52 PM
they stole my idea :(
http://marijn.sharper.nl/e107_plugins/autogallery/Gallery/Portofolio/IPD/Final/lastrender1.png
I made it 3 years ago..
25. formerly SPELLINGNAZI - December 8, 2008 5:12 PM
@ 20. Of course there's a counter-intuitive market...they're called Mac users!
26. known - December 8, 2008 5:34 PM
19: Yes, very.
27. El Guapo - December 8, 2008 5:58 PM
Pew is f***in gay.
28. known - December 9, 2008 12:01 AM
27: No shit my friend, totally
29. MackAttack - December 9, 2008 1:20 PM
I hear a rumor that some ipods in the near future might feature this style keyboard as well. Check it out...
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/next-gen-ipod-patent-has-touch-surface-on-back-259271.php
30. formerly SPELLINGNAZI - December 9, 2008 10:39 PM
Of course it will, it's Apple... and all the millions of tools out there will run out and spend hundreds on it at first glance. Also note non-qwerty layout...f*** ipod, and f*** apple.