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Using the computer just got a whole lot tastier, thanks to a new innovation from three creative Romanians.

Robofun is a team of three Romanians who create on-demand technology products and have somehow combined 44 beer cans, an Arduino board and the Raspberry Pi computer to create a massive unique keyboard.

The team came up with the inventionespecially for Webstock, a blogging and social-media convention held annually in Romania, so that attendees would have a unique way of being able to enter their details. And it actually works.

Robofun CEO Viorel Spinu said:

“We came up with a keyboard made out of 44 Staropramen beer cans. Each beer can was a key, and whenever someone touched it, the corresponding letter appeared on a large plasma screen (just like any regular computer keyboard).

And the surprise was fantastic! The user experience and engagement overcame any expectation. Every single person who attended Webstock tried the keyboard and participated to the contest.

Behind the scene, the system is built around an Arduino board and a few capacitive controllers (just like the ones which are inside smartphones' touchscreens), connected to a Raspberry Pi board, which controls the plasma screen display.”

The Vimeo video is definitely worth a look, check it out here

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