This mechanical keyboard from Das Keyboard helps you blend in – assuming your office is in a warzone. The DeltaForce 65 has a compact 65% form factor, a machined aluminum body, and keycaps in jungle, desert, urban, and cyber camouflage patterns. It comes with hot-swap Gateron red switches and RGB backlighting and is compatible with QMK/VIA.

This numeric keypad from MelGeek pairs perfectly with their Mojo68 and Mojo84 mechanical keyboards. Its clear plastic body and white, grey, and orange keycaps with crisp graphics look straight out of a Ground Control center. It connects via USB-C or 2.4GHz wireless and comes with Gateron Pro Brown, White, or Kailh Box Plastic switches.

Swagkeys reminds us just how far custom keyboards – and their prices – have come. The company’s upcoming Transition Lite TKL will take you back to the ’90s with its transparent polycarbonate case. It’s a kit, so you’ll have to get stabilizers, switches, and keycaps separately and then put it all together yourself. But for only $50, this is an awesome deal.

Logitech’s Pro X 60 may be marketed to competitive gamers, but this 60% keyboard has some genuinely practical features. It has an easy-to-reach volume dial on the side, factory-lubed optical switches, and a battery that lasts up to 65 hours per charge when connected via the 2.4 GHz wireless dongle. It comes with either tactile or linear switches.

Customizing is the point of modern mechanical keyboards. But Wired In’s Protagonist takes it to a different level. This 60% keyboard has a swappable hybrid faceplate and case top called a keyframe. Not only does the keyframe come in a ton of colors and material options, it also comes in Winkey, Winkeyless and HHKB layouts.

8BitDo’s latest retro computer keyboard is inspired by the Commodore 64. The 87-key mechanical keyboard is finished in C64 grey with rainbow graphics. It offers Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, and USB wired connections and comes with a joystick and jumbo-sized buttons. Compatible with Windows and Android. Pre-orders start shipping on 5.28.24.

Wooting’s new 80% gaming keyboard has the same instant reset Hall Effect switches from the 60HE. But the 80HE also debuts a new setting that can further reduce mistakes and allow for rapid multiple inputs. The 80HE can be set to detect multiple key presses but activate only the one that was pressed furthest.

Keyboard enthusiast and woodworker Barrett Creative makes beautiful wood keyboard cases. They’re sold in kit form with a KL-90 circuit board, encoder(s), and a matching wooden knob(s). They’re currently available in Woodland, Rustic, and Infernum kits. Keycaps, switches, and stabilizers are not included. Hipyotech has a hands-on look at one of these keyboards.

While they’re not exactly state-of-the-art, mechanical displays can be quite fascinating to watch in action. In this video from Japan’s Karakuri channel, they show off a 3D-printed machine that displays digits on a pair of 7-segment units by pushing its keys. It has 213 parts in all, and no electrical components. Turn English captions on.

Having a wrist rest at the base of your keyboard is a must for protecting your arms from carpal tunnel syndrome. OUSI’s ergonomic wrist rests offer an elegant solution to this problem. Each one is handmade from full-grain leather and wrapped around a supportive structure. Price shown is for the 18″ wide version.

Cristiana Felgueiras of Get Hands Dirty shows off an awesome piece of furniture she designed for efficiency in a tiny apartment she’s building out. The desk has a floating design and a built-in electronic piano that slides out from underneath its work surface. She also built a matching rolling cabinet with a secret drawer.

Game controller makers 8bitdo are now making keyboards in the style of 8-bit game consoles. Their 87-key mechanical keyboards are inspired by the NES and its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom, and come with a programmable dual “Super Button.” Compatible with Windows and Android devices via Bluetooth, 2.4G wireless, or wired connections.

Work Louder’s latest keyboard has hot-swappable mechanical keys along with programmable rotary encoders, quick-access buttons, and a 1.9″ IPS screen that can display widgets to help with focus and time management. Its incline is set using a removable magnetic ruler, and it’s available in ANSI and ISO layouts for various languages.

After laying his eyes on the giant mechanical keyboard that Razer brought to CES, keyboard enthusiast Glarses wanted one for himself. And after Razer wouldn’t sell him theirs, he got to work building his own from scratch. He was able to use some off-the-shelf giant switches, but everything else had to be custom fabricated.

This small, programmable computer keyboard connects via USB or Bluetooth and provides nine mechanical keys and three knobs for controlling games and productivity applications. It’s available in a plain version and one with RGB accent lighting for about the same price. Note, the programming software is for Windows only.

A while back, Fletcher from Everything Is Hacked came up with a way to control a computer with his face with your face. Now he’s created an input method to get his cardiovascular system going. He used a computer vision algorithm to detect the positions of his arms and legs to type letters and numbers using semaphore.