Pixar's Zoetrope

"The Alchemist" Keyboard

This keyboard was originally designed for a pharmacist and is themed around Apothecarial and Alchemical icons including the Bowl of Hygeia, the Caduceus, and the Eye of Ra (from which the modern "Rx" symbol used by pharmacists is derived).

                 

The side lighting is wired into the scroll lock LED and turns on with a press of the scroll lock key. It is a USB keyboard, but because the lighting is hooked into the scroll lock function, this keyboard is designed for a PC, not a Mac.

The function keys display the elemental symbols of the various metals used in the construction of the keyboard, as well as a few others. The tilde and number keys display the symbols for the sun, moon and the planets.

The symbols for Earth, Air, Fire and Water are found on the arrow keys and the number pad uses stylized Roman numerals. The Enter and Shift keys are labeled with the symbols for Alchemical processes like mixing, stirring, combining, etc.

Secundum artem is a Latin phrase meaning "according to the art." It is frequently used to describe doing something in the accepted manner of a skill or trade; in medicine, it is often taken to mean "use your skill and judgment." The brass rod on the front of the keyboard (where you can see the reflection of my camera and overhead light) is covered with a piece of transparent vinyl to prevent tarnishing from the oils in the skin of your wrists.

This keyboard also features a "braided brass" cord.

Source- http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/alchemist/alchemist.htm

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