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[Frumple]

Halfway makes me wonder what other sorts of "natural" materials they've made keyboards out of by now. Scrimshaw? More... esoteric... bones? Reinforced leather? Gemstones of various sorts? Obviously there's a lego one, somewhere out there. The list goes on, really...

Not curious enough to actually go look, though. Ha ha.

[Lord Shonus]

Synthetic (I don't believe that natural ones in the sizes needed are common) diamond might be feasible, although somewhat expensive as compared to plastic.

[Frumple]

Could almost certainly do a mosaic/conglomerate construction with natural ones. There's hella' craploads of the stuff, last I checked, most being held off the market to keep prices up. Do believe ones to do the base body (not keys, etc.) out of a single stone are pretty rare though, yeah.

[PanH]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/going-green-with-impeccas-hand-carved-bamboo-keyboard-and-mouse/

Wat.

"Not reccomended for people with pet pandas."

[Lord Shonus]

Could almost certainly do a mosaic/conglomerate construction with natural ones. There's hella' craploads of the stuff, last I checked, most being held off the market to keep prices up. Do believe ones to do the base body (not keys, etc.) out of a single stone are pretty rare though, yeah.

You'd need pretty big ones to make keys out of single stones too.  I'm quite sure that if ones large enough for that were common, you'd be seeing more rappers and wannabes with rings that look like they came out of a Looney Tunes cartoon. Mosaiced chips would be pretty easy, though.

[Eric Blank]

What I wouldn't recommend is keeping a panda as a pet. If the elves dont bash down your door and skin you alive for keeping an endangered species as a pet, the panda may decide to maul you for... whatever, I guess.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Today I've become cognizant of something that I was aware of for a long time in my life, but never recognized.

Bay 12, I....am a were-extravert. Under the cover of night, I change from maximum introversion to become extremely outgoing and charismatic from 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM.

[Skyrunner]

Since when did bamboo have an ever-shrinking supply? o.o

edit: bamboo apparently takes only 5~7 years to reach full maturity, which is a lot shorter than most trees. Plus, bamboo forests are rather densely populated, and it has an outstandingly fast growth rate.

[Tiruin]

Since when did bamboo have an ever-shrinking supply? o.o

These things spread naturally where I am so...^

[Tellemurius]

shit im growing bamboos out here in the desert.

[Frumple]

Since when did bamboo have an ever-shrinking supply? o.o

edit: bamboo apparently takes only 5~7 years to reach full maturity, which is a lot shorter than most trees. Plus, bamboo forests are rather densely populated, and it has an outstandingly fast growth rate.

None of which means the supply couldn't be shrinking, though I couldn't personally say whether it is or isn't... couldn't find any numbers on proliferation. It grows fast and pretty plentifully, but that wouldn't stop it from being reduced in overall coverage due to the standard human stuff. Urbanization and general deforestation being what they are, bamboo coverage (especially anything that's not being protected by commercial or preservation interests) probably is shrinking. I'm honestly not too aware of any larger (not weeds, kudzu-like stuff, etc.) plants that are increasing in population (so to speak) these days, especially in the proverbial wild -- though, being fair, they're probably out there and I just don't know of 'em. It'd be interesting to see a global time-lapse map or somethin' for plant species coverage and density...

We're an extinction event for pretty much everything, not just animals, really...

[Tiruin]

edit: bamboo apparently takes only 5~7 years to reach full maturity, which is a lot shorter than most trees. Plus, bamboo forests are rather densely populated, and it has an outstandingly fast growth rate.

Firstly: True this. You can see bamboo grow (I mean, not exactly 'IT GROWS BEFORE MY EYES' but more on 'check it in the morning...check it at night; minute difference, but there it is, depending on specie').
Also I believe bamboo is a grass and not a tree. :3

HOWEVER

Since when did bamboo have an ever-shrinking supply? o.o

edit: bamboo apparently takes only 5~7 years to reach full maturity, which is a lot shorter than most trees. Plus, bamboo forests are rather densely populated, and it has an outstandingly fast growth rate.

None of which means the supply couldn't be shrinking, though I couldn't personally say whether it is or isn't... couldn't find any numbers on proliferation. It grows fast and pretty plentifully, but that wouldn't stop it from being reduced in overall coverage due to the standard human stuff. Urbanization and general deforestation being what they are, bamboo coverage (especially anything that's not being protected by commercial or preservation interests) probably is shrinking. I'm honestly not too aware of any larger (not weeds, kudzu-like stuff, etc.) plants that are increasing in population (so to speak) these days, especially in the proverbial wild -- though, being fair, they're probably out there and I just don't know of 'em. It'd be interesting to see a global time-lapse map or somethin' for plant species coverage and density...

We're an extinction event for pretty much everything, not just animals, really...

This is also true. Just because bamboo is awesome at growing capabilities...doesn't mean that it is shrinking as a generality. Like most forests, lots of land is being...changed, for man's needs. But what I've heard is that bamboo, in general, is losing ground to the other flora of the environment. It's vague because I haven't done research recently on it.

[Skyrunner]

I didn't say bamboo was a tree. What I did do was compare bamboo growing rates to that of trees, which are a dwindling resource.

[Graknorke]

Still, the keyboard seems silly.

It looks (and probably feels) nice though.

[MagmaMcFry]

I have one of these mice, I won it in a contest. They're pretty shitty, but I've been using one for the past two years now and it only had to be welded and hot glued once. 3/10 still wouldn't  recommend.