New Pandora Case

[Prometheus]

They already make those.

 

[fusion_power]

Also I have looked into keyboard backlighting some time ago and the general consensus was that it was impractical because of the black key mat

Of course you need a completely new designed transparent key mat but hey, see this as a nice, additional challenge!

 

[MrChops]

perhaps craig could get an order for clear keymats together if there were enough of us that wanted them. I for one would be all about a backlit keyboard mod.

 

[gotwake424]

if you have a clear mat its as simple as smd soldering two leds/resistors the pads are already there

 

[Aurekana]

Would something like this:

provide enough illumination to make the key lettering visible? Since we have those two towers on each side of the LCD hinge, and spare LED pads sitting right under the towers...


As far as the camera is concerned, one of these https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8667 should be small enough to fit within the lid; the only difficulty is in routing the I2C and data lines to the main board, and then figuring out how to interface them with SoC...