technology

https://svalboard.com/

I've been looking for an open source customizable keyboard as an alternative to the proprietary CharaChorder (CW: Joe Rogan advert flash, wtf lmao). The full kit is $1050, holy shit, though you can get the parts for ~$430 and 3D print the rest yourself. I may consider getting this. My new year's resolution is to get my 3D printer running for once so I can build a custom bracket for my high capacity hard drives and to be able to do these kind of projects. I regret getting the Moonlander now.

I wonder if I would prefer double trackballs, or maybe one side a trackpad or trackpoint. I'd probably get a couple extra modules to switch them around, but it seems while trackballs are probably more useful, sometimes having the trackpad or trackpoint could be handy. I like that this keyboard is similar to the shape of my Elecom HUGE, which is one of my favorite trackballs to work with and feels comfortable in my hand.

first time seeing it and it looks amazing. base module looks great but having a trackball or a trackpad on the palm looks very hard to use correctly. if it was not for the price point, i would totally get one even if it's just to try it. keyboards are great but there must be a better input method out there