[p1esk]

a ribbon display that no one has ever done before

This keyboard with remappable OLED keys was released almost 10 years ago: https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus/#51709

[stephenr]

Thats not the same thing, at all.

The only part that's similar is the key faces can change. They're still physical keys that press individually. It's not multi touch, a key can't suddenly become a slider.

[dr1337]

People have short memories but the X1 Carbon Gen2 had a dynamic key strip that was so bad that it got replaced with physical buttons in Gen3.

[stephenr]

Or the product is so obscure no one knows what it is? You could have just listed the name of an experimental plane for all I know.

Also, if that is true, perhaps what's truly new is that its actually usable. That's pretty much Apple's thing - making things more usable/useful.

[sccxy]

Never heard of Thinkpads before?

[SysArchitect]

Op didn't mention Thinkpad. Just mentioned X2 Carbon Something or other.

That could be a jet plane from Lockheed Martin or a Thinkpad...

[stephenr]

X-1 is hardly a unique name for a product, even limiting it to computers. Context matters.

[p1esk]

what's truly new is that its actually usable

The jury is still out on that one.

[Ezhik]

Did you just call ThinkPads obscure?

[acqq]

Also there, this one 5 years old has its own ribbon and all the keys with pictures!

http://img.artlebedev.ru/everything_files/images/2857/optimu...