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Ergonomic keyboards designed to make typing more comfortable (and reduce long-term injuries) come in many shapes and sizes, but it’s safe to assume that Reddit contributor dapperrogue’s functional Pineapple keyboard, modelled after a hand grenade, is a design you’re not going to see Logitech or Microsoft adopting anytime soon.
The Mk 2 grenade used by U.S. armed forces in World War II and other conflicts was nicknamed the pineapple because its bumpy outer surface made it look like the tropical fruit but that’s where the similarities end. According to Hackaday, while building a custom Dactyl Manuform split keyboard, dapperrogue came to the epiphany that keyboards don’t necessarily need to be laid out in a flat grid, and so s