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Google’s Conveyor-Belt Keyboard
Google Japan created the Gboard Kurukuru, a keyboard with four rotating conveyor belts carrying 116 keys. The deliberately impractical design is pitched as a way to type with one hand, and Google has shared it as an open-source DIY project rather than a product for sale.
Why it worked: It turned an everyday object into a working absurdity, timed to 10/1 as a wink to “101 keys,” plus open-source plans for demoable proof.
The lesson: Consider launching a functional, over-engineered prototype on a date-based pun and release build files so reporters and creators can test it.
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