Forget QWERTY, this absurd keyboard has 1,000 keys and types words instead of letters

WTF?! Your full-sized mechanical keyboard with RGB lighting and dedicated macros may be extra, but we bet it doesn't come close to the "ten hundred computer letter getter." This monstrosity of a keyboard types entire words instead of individual letters, boasting a staggering 1,020 keys – and yes, it's just as impractical as it sounds. Inspired by Randall Munroe's xkcd comic "Up Goer Five," where rocket science is explained using only the 1,000 most common English words, YouTuber Attoparsec decided to take the concept one step further. Why stop at explaining rockets when you can build a keyboard that forces you to communicate like a caveman with a thesaurus? The result is a five-panel keyboard sprawling across his massive desk. Each of the 1,000 keys represents one of the most common English words, arranged alphabetically across the five panels. Naturally, that excludes words like "chrysanthemum," but some favorites – including curse words – made the cut. To keep things slightly less ... Read full article.