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Why aren't there more glow in the dark keyboards for a more passive form of keyboard backlighting? (leminal.space)
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Is it because the glow would fade after a year or two? Even if it's not cost effective compared to adding to LEDs I thought it would be a novelty thing.

I did a quick search online and it doesn't seem very common. Mostly keyboard covers.

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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Glow in the dark compounds have to be charged with light and don't last but minutes.

If you're talking about stuff like tritium, you're talking about $1,000 keyboards.

Am I missing an option?