The Dutch start-up Wooting have received more than 135 thousand euro to develop their Wooting One keyboard. With its analogue input, it may bring about a keyboard revolution. We are one of the first to review this unique mechanical keyboard.

The Flaretech Prism optical switches were introduced to the market by Adomax in 2015. In contrast to regular mechanical switches, such as the Cherry MX and its replicas, the Flaretech does not make any electronic connection to register the key action. Instead, it uses infra-red light to register key strokes. Three Dutch guys saw potential for various feature improvements in this. By measuring how much infra-red light is given it is possible to say how deeply the key is pressed. With this, the idea of an analogue keyboard was born.