Rubber is great for resisting other fluids aside from water whereas some of these other hydrophobics simply wouldn't suffice. We commonly use latex in a number of other directly relevant applications to contain the same sorts of liquids pretty much any gamer-specific LED keyboard will be squirted with a multitude of times over its lifespan.
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BrokenCrayons - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
I'm kind of curious about the rubber gaskets' impact, if any, on key actuation noise.MajGenRelativity - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
That could be interestingOld_Fogie_Late_Bloomer - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
You know, as sci-fi fonts go, that one's not hideously ugly. Reminds me of Descent: Freespace, which is not at all a bad thing to be reminded of.JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
Kind of wonder why keyboards don't just utilize stuff like 3M's Novec electronic coatings:http://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/novec/products/electron...
Or one of many other commercial/industrial hydrophobic coatings:
http://www.neverwet.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTkefJHfC0
Honestly seems like a rubber gasket's the wrong way to go for electronics.
BrokenCrayons - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
Rubber is great for resisting other fluids aside from water whereas some of these other hydrophobics simply wouldn't suffice. We commonly use latex in a number of other directly relevant applications to contain the same sorts of liquids pretty much any gamer-specific LED keyboard will be squirted with a multitude of times over its lifespan.TrevorH - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
Have they got the hang of making LEDs last more than 3 months yet?