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Datamancer Ergo keyboard takes steampunk in an oddly comfortable direction

Gadzooks! A steampunk keyboard with modern sensibility? That's a whole fistful of Splenda in my Darjeeling tea.
Dubbed as the Ergo, a mysterious fellow known as Datamancer cobbled this clacking wonder together from an old IBM M-15 ergonomic split keyboard. The project took shape thanks to a female client who propositioned Datamancer for the device, and he gave it "some elegant, feminine design features" including violet LED lights, a "acanthus-leaf pattern etched into the brass" and a removable burgundy-colored wrist support. Toss in typewriter-style keys and you've got yourself a steampunk marvel.
Check out the gallery below for more views of the Datamancer Ergo.
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Datamancer, via Techpin
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By Figgy at 8:59 AM ON 11/06/08
I'd buy that for a dollar.
By richpit at 4:59 PM ON 11/06/08
That's very cool!
By Jax at 10:41 PM ON 11/07/08
looks sweet, Love the robocop reference figgy.
By hughepalmer at 2:51 PM ON 11/10/08
one of the best keyboard mods i've ever seen!