Around three years ago, Art Lebedev studios started talking about making a fully customizable keyboard, complete with displays under each key. Not until the beginning of this year did they actually release that full keyboard, the Optimus Maximus, and for a hefty price of almost $2000 ($1877.43 to be exact). The keyboard has 113 keys with OLED screens inside of them, each fully customizable to display anything the user wants. You can trigger a certain key to open an application, display a certain image when a certain application is open, you can make it do anything–it is completely customizable through a computer software. Before Art Lebedev released the Maxiums, they teased us with the Optimus mini three: basically the same thing, except instead of 113 keys, it only has (you guessed it) three. The mini three is only $183.48, however, which is a much easier buy than the Maximus. Now Art Lebedev has added another product to the line - the Optimus Pultius. Little information is known currently, and all we do know is that it has 15 of the same customizable keys and works alongside any keyboard. Pricing is unknown and the only dates given are end of 2008/early 2009. Hopefully, they’ll let this bad boy have a relatively small price tag–my best guess is around $400–because a set of customizable keys like this is exactly what a lot of users are looking for.

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