HW Hack: Keyboard light

[sswam]

I reckon I want a fold out mirror on top of the screen to reflect screen light back down!!  and for vanity purposes...   but this hack is cool too...

you need a little bit of reflective or diffuse reflective material on top of the LED at an angle, so it lights the keyboard but doesn't blind you ...!  not much point lighting the keyboard if you fall to the floor clutching your seared eyeballs ... and can't see anything at all!

 

[cube48]

Actually it doesn't blind me at all. I use it in fully open position and watching the screen/keyboard from 90° angle. LED is directed to the keys and is little bit intruded into the lid so my face is always in the shadow.