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Art Lebedev Mini Six and Optimus Popularis launching at last

Chris Burns — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:01:25 +0000

The relatively short history of the Art Lebedev line of customizable keyboards is a tragic one when you consider how much we’ve wanted to get our hands on every single one of these OLED screen per-key boards and their subsequent delays, but now we’re really getting down to business here in 2012 with not only

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Art Lebedev’s Optimus Popularis and Mini Six keyboards ready for pre-order

Paul Fang — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:41:46 +0000

We haven’t heard much from Art Lebedev‘s design studio since, well, the update on the Optimus Polaris last summer. But the Russia design company know for its innovative usage of LCDs on high-end keyboards has announced today that they’re taking pre-orders for both its Optimus Popularis and Optimus mini six keyboards, the former priced at

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Optimus Popularis resurrected; due 2011

Chris Davies — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:30:25 +0000

After months of silence, Art Lebedev Studios have poked their head above the parapet to announce that they’re still working on the Optimus Popularis keyboard we last saw renders of in May 2008. Unlike the Optimus Maximus, the Popularis won’t use OLED for its display-bearing keys. They’ll still be full color, we’re told, just not OLED.

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Art. Lebedev offers battery display mug for your joe

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:21:28 +0000

Most geeks are familiar with Art. Lebedev Studio. The company designs some cool gear and concepts from OLED keyboards to that interesting Segmentus clock I mentioned a while back. The design firm has turned its attention to a more mundane product — a new coffee mug. The mug is has the uninspiring name “Mug with

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Fleximus camera concept by Art Lebedev

Paul Fang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:40:12 +0000

Art Lebedev has brought out for us another novel concept, aside from the rather remarkable vision of the Transparentius. What looks at first glance to be one of those snake reading lights is actually a bendable digital camera in the shape of a flexible body with an integrated lens that can be hooked to either

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Transparentius road view system by Art Lebedev – a lifesaver concept?

Paul Fang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:08:43 +0000

Renowned for innovative and out-of-this-world design behind products in the vein of the Optimus Maximus OLED-based keyboard, design house Art Lebedev Studio has come up with a new road safety concept dubbed the Transparentius. How does it work? It’s implemented by essentially delivering and projecting images from a video signal taken from the camera system

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Optimus AUX to cost around $650; final pre-production proto on show

Chris Davies — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:40:37 +0000

Art Lebedev Studios have released an image of what they’re calling the “final pre-production prototype” of the Optimus AUX, which presumably means that commercial versions of the 15-key OLED ‘board will look this way. They’ve also, finally, given an indication of price: around $650. The photo doesn’t look too different from the last set of prototype

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Art Lebedev Scartel WiMAX cellphone concept

Chris Davies — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:08:45 +0000

Art Lebedev, the design studios behind the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard, are working with Russian carrier Scartel to develop a WiMAX cellphone. The so-far unnamed flagship device will include WiFi, tri-band GSM and a 850 x 480 touchscreen, together with WiMAX to take advantage of the network Scartel have just launched in Moscow and St.

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