But researchers at Google Japan have rewound the clock and imagined a world where the iconic spinning dial lived on, eventually evolving into a full-fledged mechanical keyboard. Image: Google Japan / YouTubePracticality isn’t the pointThe rotary design is the latest in a string of bizarre, out-of-left-field keyboard designs Google Japan has released, mostly for fun. Google Japan did upload the design files so someone with a working 3D printer and some patience can make one for themselves. “I used to slam the keys sometimes when I got frustrated,” one of the Google researchers said in a video. “But since I switched to this keyboard people say I’ve smoothed out my rough edges.”