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PlayStation Portable (PSP), Sony Computer Entertainment, Shin'ichi Ogasawara (小笠原伸一), 2004.
Via Sony Design.
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"did they smoke crack right before selecting a font for the numbers?"
— Twitter user
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Apple concepts, Apple Computer, Hartmut Esslinger, c. 1984.
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Altar I is now available for pre-order for everyone at .
Shipping begins autumn 2023.
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Electronic Materials Office is not responsible for damage to your hearing.
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ThinkPad 700C, IBM, Richard Sapper + Kaz Yamasaki, 1992.
Via
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Electronic Materials Office® is typing...
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PlayStation 2 (PS2), Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健), 2000.
Via Sony Design.
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The final Altar I progress report for the year has landed, and things are moving along smoothly.
The pilot assembly programme — the final step before progressing to full production — is set to take place in January. Aside from that several other areas of Altar I development are
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Introducing Altar I.
Waitlist now open at
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A new Altar I progress report has been dispatched to waitlist subscribers. Here are the key takeaways:
Pre-orders are opening for everyone on 6 April 2023 @ 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm UK + Ireland / 5pm Central Europe
Altar I is expected to ship in autumn 2023
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Raw, unfinished monobody prototypes arrive at the studio for testing.
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Order up.
Testing printed instructions to be included in the box with Altar I.
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Altar I is now shipping.
We're delighted to say that Altar I pre-orders are now beginning to go out the door. Here are the key points covered in the latest progress report:
- Shipping of the first Altar I units is now taking place
- Pre-order customers will receive an email
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The January Altar I progress report — which was typed on the first production Altar I — is now available.
The first Altar I units are now being born and they are a sight to behold. We now turn to full scale production with a view towards beginning to ship pre-orders around
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001 // Materials, packaging, clamshell
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Altar I primary packaging consists of a moulded fibre clamshell container — similar in design to an egg carton. It is composed of sugarcane pulp, also known as bagasse, a byproduct of making sugar from sugarcane. To make the packaging, wet
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005 // Key shape
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Touch typing on Altar I is a revelation thanks to an innovative key shape system called ESPtype™. ESPtype™ denotes different regions of the keyboard by key shape: media and modifier keys are raised, numerals and arrows keys are scooped, alphabetic keys are
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New progress report found: Feb '24. Begin summary:
With the pilot assembly programme successfully concluded, the final Altar I parts are now in full production — once they arrive assembly can begin. The latest estimate for pre-orders to begin delivery is April 2024. Here are the
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004 // Typography
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Keycap legends on Altar I are typeset in GT Flexa, a grotesk sans-serif from world renowned Swiss type foundry
@grillitype
. GT Flexa is a variable typeface meaning its weight and width can flex from towering numerals to micro-text while maintaining visual
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007 // Footprint
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Altar I features a sporty, compact, no-compromise layout. Also known as a "65% layout", it includes full-size arrow cluster, function row, as well as the standard alphabetic and numeric keys.
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Because of Altar I's minuscule height and compact footprint, all
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Altar I progress report, Apr '24:
Assembly of Altar I pre-orders is in full swing. 60% of pre-orders have completed the first of the two step assembly process. The second step begins in mid May, after which pre-orders will begin to ship. We're also honoured to share that Altar I
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Make something wonderful and put it out there.
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Progress report, Mar '24:
The final hurdle is coming up for Altar I. Pre-assembly begins in the coming days, and final assembly after that. May 2024 is the latest estimate for pre-orders shipping to customers. The progress report summary:
- The latest timeline has pre-assembly
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The final Altar I progress report has been published, and I'm incredibly happy to say that all Altar I pre-orders are now fulfilled. Two years on from Altar I first being revealed, it is finally in your hands. Here are the key points covered the report:
- All Altar I pre-orders
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50% recycled content plastic means Altar I doesn’t cost the Earth.
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Electronic Materials Office (b. 2022)
Altar I, 2023
Plastic on aluminium.
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008 // Volume knob
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Seamlessly control volume with the distinctive inline volume control knob. One of the most distinctive features of Altar I, the rotary encoder is manufactured by renowned Japanese electronics company Alps Alpine. Alps Alpine previously manufactured parts for
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The September progress report has gone out to subscribers and customers. Although progress has continued, an issue discovered during production means a small delay in getting Altar I into customers hands. The summary:
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Due to a fitting issue discovered during mould production,
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006 // Connectivity
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Wirelessly connect to and remember up to 2 devices via Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE). Instantly swap between Bluetooth® devices using the convenient slide switch located on the side of Altar I.
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Connect and charge Altar I via USB-C with the included premium
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October's progress report has now been sent to subscribers. Altar I has passed several milestones since the last progress report: Compliance testing has gone well, a firmware revision has dramatically improved battery life, and PCBs are being fabricated. Additional info:
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Altar
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009 // Switches
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The ultra-low profile frame of Altar I is made possible by low profile mechanical switches. These switches enable tactile feedback while allowing Altar I to have a nominal height of only 15mm — one of the thinnest mechanical keyboards on the market.
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The
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Today the first Altar I progress report was sent to waitlist subscribers. Here are the main points:
Pre-orders are expected to open for everyone in early 2023 — more information on exact date and how the pre-order process will work will come closer to the time
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Fresh (hot-swappable) PCBs arrive to be put through their paces.
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"...Richard Sapper’s black and boxy aesthetic so closely associated with the IBM Thinkpad is very apparent in the Altar I’s mildly Sith Lord impression..."
The Altar I Keyboard Types Out a Future for Sustainable Electronics
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002 // Materials, polymers
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Plastics on Altar I are made from 50% recycled content, with the recycled material coming from post-industrial and post-consumer waste sources. Recycling materials helps lower the carbon footprint of Altar I — a key goal of Electronic Materials Office
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The latest Altar I progress report has been dispatched to subscribers. The main points:
All Altar I keyboards are now hot swappable, meaning their switches can be easily changed.
Moving to hot swap required changes to the PCB + monobody, both of which are now complete.
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003 // Materials, metals
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6061 "aircraft grade" aluminium alloy forms the Altar I monobody. Aluminium is 100% recyclable, meaning an Altar I enclosure can be melted down at the end of its useful life and reformed into something else. Recycling aluminium uses only 5% of the
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November's progress report has landed.
Progress has been steady on Altar I. Injection moulding samples have been created, batteries + packaging have been delivered, bare PCBs have been manufactured, firmware tweaked, and the Altar I field manual has been written. The full
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August's Altar I progress report has now been sent to subscribers. Here are the main points covered:
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Packaging is nearly ready for production — final samples of the clamshell container have arrived and the unboxing experience has been finished
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Injection moulding tooling is
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A new firmware update for Altar I (v2.0.1) is now available. It contains fixes and quality of life improvements based on feedback from pre-order customers, including making the pair button harder to accidentally press.
Here are all the improvements:
- Pairing mode now activated
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June's progress report has now been sent to subscribers. Here's the main areas covered:
A new batch of fully fitted and featured prototypes have been created
Near-final PCBs have been delivered and tested thoroughly
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010 // Firmware
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Altar I is powered by open source firmware called ZMK — a modern, wireless-first, open source firmware built on the Zephyr® real-time operating system (RTOS). ZMK and Zephyr® are incredibly efficient and optimally suited for use in wireless devices like Altar I.
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"Overall, the Altar 1 feels sleek and looks stylish... Altar 1 certainly stands out from the crowd as a statement keyboard."
Altar I gets a glowing writeup on
@Forbes
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Thanks to everyone for their patience and enthusiasm
Read the full report:
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It's been amazing to see the huge reception Altar I has received online — Thanks especially to everyone who signed up to the waitlist.
Read the full progress report at:
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New prototypes have been fabricated and assembled to validate designs (pictured above)
The metal plate inside Altar I has been changed from brass to aluminium to reduce weight and enhance acoustics
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@karl_8080
@nothing
can we put some Altar I display units in your Soho store? Pretty please? 🥺
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Next we're getting ready to place larger orders from our vendors and begin the injection mould creation process — a critical milestone for Altar I.
The full report:
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@ilyamiskov
Not correct! We ship to Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
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@qlavier
We wanted to make sure the inside was as beautiful as the outside, even though most people will never see it.
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Packaging design — including a sugarcane pulp clamshell, a custom paper wrap, and a custom shipping box — is in flight
Firmware development has progressed smoothly
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Read the full report:
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Samples of aluminium parts (the monobody and plate) and sample cables have arrived from our manufacturing partners
Minor adjustments have been made to spacebar stabilisers and USB cutout
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Some talented and high quality manufacturers have been lined up to help make Altar I
Minor hardware changes have been made, including a higher quality but slightly smaller capacity battery, and Windows markings have been added to several keys
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Honourable mentions to those beautiful setups and pics featured in the report:
@daylightco
@UltraLinx
@claudioguglieri
@AndreElijah
@robgodwin_
@CharlesPattson
@Canoopsy
@rezaali
@kylewayneluck
@_bgian
@apixelpus
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Link to article:
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Read the full report:
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Installation instructions and downloads can be found at
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