Saw your own wooden peripherals!
What's better than a wooden keyboard? A wooden keyboard that you can assemble yourself. And to bring out the carpenter in you, Marubeni InfoTech Co. Ltd. Has got just the right product. Its DIY wooden Ki-Board Kit allows you to custom fit all the keys in a pre made keyboard frame. Available in Maple and Walnut, this peripheral comes in a kit that includes a USB keyboard base, some tools and a plank with keys carved into it. User may just custom fit each key in wherever he wants.
The keyboard is designed to work on Windows Me/2000/ XP/Vista and even Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
The other product is a wooden USB drive with 1 GB of storage capacity. This one has similar compatibility but additionally it works on Mac OS 9.1 or later too. Release is expected soon. The products are a bit pricey with keyboard coming in at a cool 34,800 yen and the USB drive ranging between 6,000 - 11,000 yen.
A very nice product indeed, serving the purpose of both the company and the users. While users get the satisfaction of owning a unique and classy piece of equipment, company can outsource a bit of its manual labor.
