Google shows off a whole new type of keyboard — and it says having keys rolling on a conveyor belt will make typing easier for all

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Google Japan's Gboard team unveiled a DIY conveyor-belt keyboard featuring 116 keys on four looping belts that move towards your hand

Google pitches it at one-handed and one-finger typing, not "for all," and it is the 15th entry in a deliberately absurd series that began as April Fools' gags in 2010

The design files are open source on GitHub, but only the motorized "Moving Keys" edition is documented, while the typing-capable Bluetooth edition and its board…