Godrej and Boyce, an India-based typewriter manufacturing company, has officially closed its doors and discontinued their production of typewriters after over 50 years of service. As it turns out, Godrej and Boyce was the last remaining typewriter manufacturer in the world. The company’s general manager, Milind Dukle, expressed his concern over the companies imminent demise more »

Trying new stuff sometimes just doesn’t work, especially when it is embedded into society and is in the hearts and minds of some of the most loyal people in the world (i.e. geeks!). So why, oh why, would you want to redesign the keyboard? The history, the tradition and the time learning to type on it are three things that no previous attempt have been able to overcome, but nevertheless μTRON have tried and the result is at no less than interesting.