Optimus

Optimus may refer to:

Companies and corporations

Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A., a Portuguese mobile phone company who was merged with ZON and formed a new company called NOS

Optimus S.A., a Polish computer assembler

Optimus Energy is a wholesale distributor of solar power equipment in Australia, New Zealand & The Philippines.

Deities, mythology, and religion

Jupiter (mythology), or Juppiter Optimus Maximus, a deity in Roman mythology

Music

Optimus Rhyme, a trio of nerdcore rap artists

Optimus (album), an album by guitarist John Norum

Products

Optimus brand, a proprietary RadioShack brand of electronic products

Optimus platform, a Process Integration and Design Optimization (PIDO) platform developed by Noesis Solutions

Technology

LG Optimus, series of smartphones manufactured by LG Electronics

Nvidia Optimus, a technology which saves laptop battery life by switching between two graphics adapters

Optimus UI, a front-end touch interface developed by LG Electronics with partners

Optimus Maximus keyboard, a keyboard with displays in each key

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Optimus (album)

Optimus is the sixth solo album by John Norum, the guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released in 2005 on Mascot Records.

Track listing

"Chase Down the Moon" - 3:50 (John Norum, Thomas Torberg)

"Nailed to the Cross" - 3:32 (Norum, Fredrik Åkesson)

"Better Day" - 3:56 (Norum, Michelle Meldrum)

"One More Time" - 3:41 (Norum)

"Time to Run" - 4:13 (Norum, Glenn Hughes, Meldrum, Karen Kreutzer)

"Optimus - 3:06 (Norum, Karen Hunter)

"Takin' the Blame" - 3:55 (Norum)

"Change Will Come" - 3:35 (Norum)

"Forced" - 3:37 (Norum, Åkesson)

"Solitude" - e4:23 (Norum)

"Natural Thing" [live] (Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg, Pete Way) - bonus track on the Japanese edition

Personnel

John Norum - Lead vocals, guitars

Mats Lindfors - Recording Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards

Fredrik Åkesson - Guitars

Thomas Torberg - Bass

Hux Flux - Drums

Album credits

John Norum - Producer

Optimus Maximus keyboard

The Optimus Maximus keyboard, previously just "Optimus keyboard", is a keyboard developed by the Art. Lebedev Studio, a Russian design studio headed by Artemy Lebedev. Each of its keys is a display which can dynamically change to adapt to the keyboard layout in use or to show the function of the key. Pre-orders began on May 20, 2007 for a limited production run from December 2007 to January 2008, with a second batch expected to arrive in February 2008. It first started shipping the week of February 21, 2008.

Overview

The design featured on the studio's website received attention on the web when it was featured on Slashdot on July 14, 2005, and afterwards for a few weeks on other technology websites. The original release date was "end of 2006", however production issues caused the Optimus mini three to be developed first, with the full keyboard delayed until the end of 2007. The keyboard was number 10 in the Wired Magazine 2006 Vaporware Awards and number 4 on the list in 2007 due to its numerous delays and feature reductions.