If the machine gun fire of a buckling spring keyboard isn’t enough for you, there’s only one solution: [Russell]’s typewriter turned into a mechanical keyboard. Converting typewriters into ...

such as in the Model M keyboard from IBM, which used buckling spring switches. Mechanical keyboards are very much appreciated by fast typists because they have a springiness and feel that is not ...

A mechanical keyboard is a highly personal ... and there’s no option for a rotary knob. Buckling-spring keyboards don’t meet Wirecutter’s criteria for switch variety, and they’re not ...

A spring is just a coil of wire, and an inductor is just a coil of wire, too. By putting a spiral trace on the PCB of a mechanical keyboard underneath the keyswitch, you can sense the inductance ...

They once built a fort out of keyboards. We’ve added new compact mechanical keyboards announced at CES 2025 to the What to look forward to section. If you spend most of your day typing, ...