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Gboard Kurukuru Version

Gboard Kurukuru Version

Notable signal

Your fingers stay put. The keys come around

Launched 8h ago
Signal
57
Velocity
0

What this means

+100%Launching in a 100% WoW growing category.
Custom Keyboards had 2 launches this week vs 1 last.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability
20%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
75range 56–101
Trajectory
stable
Not enough snapshots yet to detect trajectory.

About

Gboard Kurukuru Version is a conveyor belt keyboard from Google Japan's Gboard team, its 15th. Four belts carry 29 keys each past your fingers, so one hand can reach every character. It isn't for sale, but STL files, firmware and a build guide are on GitHub.

AI Summary

Gboard Kurukuru Version is a conveyor belt keyboard developed by Google Japan's Gboard team, featuring four belts that transport 29 keys each for easy access to all characters. While not commercially available, STL files, firmware, and a build guide can be found on GitHub.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum0
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement8
Discussion per unit of attention

Editorial read

Scored deterministically. Only candidates that fire a story trigger are sent to a model, so this one has no written angle.

InvestigateRanks high on little evidence. Worth a look, but verify before committing.
165/8
Timeliness5%100
carried 7%
Novelty15%71
carried 20%
Business15%34
carried 20%
Trend20%32
carried 27%
Story20%0
carried 27%
Not measured · 3 of 8
Revenue10%—
Founder10%—
Cross-platform5%—

Gaps in our data, not findings about the product. Their weight is redistributed across the 5 we did measure.

measuredmeasured, zeronot measured
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Signal sources

3 of 6 active
  • Launch tracking2 readings since we picked it up
  • AI analysisHardware
  • Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
  • Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
  • Revenue signalsno match on this domain
  • Editorial scoring13% evidence coverage

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.

Founders

Zac Zuo
@zaczuo · hunter

Topics

HardwareCustom KeyboardsDIY