Keyboard Hack

The keyboard hack was a success :)

What does that mean?

The keyboard has been stripped back to its electronic components (i.e. the PCB a.k.a. keyboard hack), and the plan is to use this technology to power Visualize.

Let's try it out...

What's happening here?

• the keyboard hack is plugged into my Mac via USB
• two strands of fine copper wire are touching two separate traces on the keyboard hack
• we are working in a Word document window
• touching the two wires together is equivalent to pressing the letter c on a keyboard
• this connection produced 'c' based on the combination of traces that the opposite end of the wires are touching
• moving the wires onto different traces will give a different result, hence the '3' and 'a' on screen

Take a closer look at the keyboard hack (SK-8135):

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That strip of plastic comes out, our wires go in.