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Pants Status: Keyboarded

By: hoeken
May 10th, 2009

I had a blast today at Diana’s fashion hacking event, and I made these nifty pants that sort-of function as a keyboard. I can play tetris at least! It was fun to make them, and if you’d like to make your own you can download the files from Thingiverse. It was nice to spend the day working on a goofy project with no real value with my friends. Oh, and now I have some super-sexy nerd magnet shorts. Awesome.

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  • http://www.slashgear.com/diy-keyboard-pants-1143436/ DIY Keyboard Pants – SlashGear

    [...] The puns may be awful, but Zack Hoeken’s keyboard pants are just plain awesome.  Seemingly crafted from an existing fabric keyboard that’s been split across the legs, they’re both [...]

  • http://hackaday.com/2009/05/11/keyboard-pants/ Keyboard pants – Hack a Day

    [...] sent us a link to his keyboard pants. Frankly, we were astonished, not only by his craftsmanship, but by the fact that we were working [...]

  • Liam

    I love it!

  • pretentiousgit

    Way to go, Resistor! You (Make)’d it. Hi from hacklab.to.

  • Tisi

    I think I will now make a keyboard skirt! I just want a pair of pants or long skirt that have a functioning (not just half functioning) keyboard that is NOT on my crotch.

  • http://tandemrandom.com/2009/05/11/sew-your-own-functioning-keyboard-pants-diy/ tandemrandom.com » Sew Your Own Functioning Keyboard Pants [DIY]

    [...] 50% of its keys are functional (through USB). But hey, YUIOP are overrated anyway. [Thingiverse via NYC Resistor via [...]

  • http://www.wiipals.net Plloi

    Do they come in DVORAK?

  • Wade

    awesome!

  • http://www.newsforgeek.com/?p=2692 Keyboard pants | News for Geek

    [...] pants [Zach] sent us a link to his keyboard pants. Frankly, we were astonished, not only by his craftsmanship, but by the fact that we were working [...]

  • http://glimlachen.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/keyboard-pants/ Keyboard pants « :)

    [...] Beschreibung hier. [...]

  • Blackops

    Cool pants!!!!! I want thou pants

  • Steve Price

    Way cool hack. Love the idea of doing it to shorts or pants. I have wanted to do this to a chair so that I could lean back and type from a reclined position rather than hunched over a desk.

    Kudos

  • j2

    LISTEN: THIS IS AWESOME.

  • http://www.belablack.com Bela Black

    Its a really great idea but it leaves room for many improvements. I’m thinking oval beads just under fabric and embedded wireless functionality.

  • http://www.albi-design.de/ Albi

    Cool pants!!!!!

  • http://www.hackaday.in.th/daily/keyboard-pants.html Keyboard pants | Hack a Day Thailand

    [...] sent us a link to his keyboard pants. Frankly, we were astonished, not only by his craftsmanship, but by the fact that we were working [...]