Keyboard made of wood and moss Bashny.Net

To reduce the severity of the problem, you can try to get rid of inconvenient for recycling at the stage of production of electronics. His concept of solution of this problem provides the designer from new York, Robbie Tilton (Robbie Tilton). They designed wireless computer keyboard made of wood and moss.

It tells Robbie Tilton, he became interested in the project because he believes the current aesthetics of technological objects are cold and lifeless. "Surrounded by gadgets made of glass, metals and plastics, as a society we are constantly being removed ourselves from nature," says Tilton.





Designer selected materials on the background surrounding the plastic can seem obsolete and archaic. However, wooden keyboard for Apple is quite a modern product, which used the latest technology. The project which was attended by partner of Tilton and Danny Rozin (Danny Synthesis) among other things, demonstrates the capabilities of modern digital production.

For the manufacture of the keyboard is required, not so many details. According to Robbie Tilton this was one of the reasons why he picked just for this item. To begin with, the designer dismantled the original keyboard and studied it. Carefully repeat the technology failed. For example, buttons, keys and original parts plastic clicking mechanism made by casting, which could not be done with the tree.

The designer has settled on a more simple frame structure, when each key is held by the retainer in the space provided in the appropriate cell. Thin laths with letters were made separately and glued to the keys that are supported by rubber springs.





The whole wooden part of the structure is made of two sheets of plywood. In the manufacture of parts used a laser cutter, and bending the plywood frame had to be soaked in water and heated, after which a few hours of hold down clamps on the form.

Unexpected difficulties brought moss. As regrets Tilton, he has failed to find natural moss in new York, so to save time, he used artificial, that considers acceptable for a demo of the concept.

The necessary electrical connections inside the keyboard designer soldered manually under the constant control of the reliability of the soldering of a conventional multimeter.

As noted by Robbie Tilton, he's happy with the result. In a number of everyday technical products keyboard made of moss and wood, stands out for its originality. Textures not only look beautiful, but also give real aesthetic pleasure to the touch.

In the future the author would like to continue the direction of the merger of digital gadgets and natural materials.

 

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