A lot of commotion has been made the past year or so about the spiffy keyboard from Art Lebedev that could display dynamic images on the keys themselves.  Combined with programmable function keys, it looked like the Optimus keyboard might offer something really new and interesting to the pretty boring world of keyboard tech.  Well, time came and went and it looked like the Keyboard of the Future wouldn't materialize.  Then the company reappeared saying it was still coming, but they would have to cut out some features in order to make the device available at a "reasonable price".  What was lost?  Key displays were supposed to be color, and were switched to black & white.

Unfortunately, it looks like that "reasonable price" is anything but.  I'm not sure many people can justify a keyboard that costs as much as a good gaming system, especially considering how much abuse keyboards endure and how likely they are to break.

Oh well, it was a really neat concept anyway.