A Statement for the Next Generation of Engineers, Creators & Builders
If you spend your days building, coding, designing — your keyboard is your gateway. It’s where raw ideas turn into real products, lines of code become apps, and specs become reality. It’s not just keys — it’s hours of your life, every single day.
And yet, for decades, keyboards have stayed stuck in commodity mode: disposable, anonymous, an afterthought. Angry Miao flips that on its head — turning the keyboard into an engineered, sculptural object worthy of the time and craft you pour through it.
(P.S. — Some of the details here get geeky. If you love specs, read on — and check the quick glossary at the end.)
Why BOLTBOLT & Angry Miao Belong Together
At BOLTBOLT, we don’t stock ordinary hardware. We curate avant-garde objects that blur the line between art, engineering, and daily life. Angry Miao does exactly that — they take the most overlooked tool on your desk and rebuild it as an object you’ll actually want to explain.
This is craft for people who care about what’s under the hood: CNC tolerances, multi-stage acoustic layering, leaf-spring mounts. Not just pretty design — real engineering, dialed in by people who obsess over the last millimeter.
If that sounds like you, that’s exactly why we brought Angry Miao into our world.
Engineered by the Best Geeks in the Room
This isn’t a random startup. Angry Miao was founded by Nan Li, formerly a senior exec at Meizu — one of China’s pioneering smartphone innovators. Back in the mid‑2000s, Meizu launched some of the earliest touchscreen smartphones in China — even slightly ahead of the first iPhone — shaping how an entire generation thought about sleek, minimal consumer tech.
Many of Angry Miao’s engineers grew up in that same high-spec hardware culture — learning to craft every circuit, finish, and tolerance at the same level you’d expect from a flagship smartphone. Now they pour that obsession into boutique keyboards built for a tiny audience who actually cares.
Hatsu — When Ergonomics Becomes Sculpture
Hatsu is not your average split board. It flows like a concept sculpture — all sweeping curves, machined edges, and unbroken lines. Each half is milled from solid aluminum, shaped to lift your wrists naturally, open your shoulders, and melt away tension through hours of work.
No tangled cables — Hatsu charges wirelessly via Qi, like your phone. The inside is just as radical: custom leaf-spring mounts and multi-layer acoustic tuning give every keystroke that signature bounce and thock that serious keyboard people chase for years.
It’s the ultimate statement for builders who want a daily driver that’s equal parts tool and art piece.
AM Compact Touch — Minimal, Intuitive, Addictive
The AM Compact Touch goes the other way — compact, stripped down, unapologetically clever. No arrows, no wasted keys — instead, a front-mounted touch panel lets your thumbs swipe for navigation, so your fingers stay on home row.
It sounds simple, but once you try it, it’s hard to go back. The build is pure Angry Miao: CNC aluminum, multi-stage foam dampening, leaf-spring mounting — all tuned to deliver that precise, satisfying thock.
Infinity Mouse — Precision, Sculpted
A sculptural keyboard deserves a sidekick built with the same obsession. The Infinity Mouse is Angry Miao’s ultimate rethink of what a precision mouse can be — inspired by the Lotus Evanora Concept to look and feel like a design prototype on your desk.
This is not your average clicker:
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49g Magnesium-Aluminum Alloy Exoskeleton — lightweight, strong, sculpted for all-day use.
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Hot-Swappable Magnetic Battery — fully charged in just 1.2 seconds.
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PAW3950 Sensor + Dual 8K Polling Rate — ultra-responsive, pro-level precision.
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2.4G / Bluetooth / Wired — switch your workflow instantly.
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TTC 100 Million Clicks Optical Micro Switch V2 — crisp clicks that last for years.
Every detail — from the scroll tension to the magnetic battery — is engineered to surprise you every day you use it. It’s what happens when the BOLTBOLT standard meets Angry Miao’s behind-the-scenes genius.
Built With the Community — Always
One reason we respect Angry Miao so much: they don’t build for people — they build with them.
Join their Discord and you’ll see the process: when they worked on the Dry Studio 98, they asked the community to vote on colorways, keycaps, and details. When they named the AM 80, they dropped a poll: Relic? Crackerboard? Eclipse? The community decided.
This is hardware design as a two-way conversation. Not top-down. Not generic. Exactly how next-gen product culture should work.
More Than a Tool — More Than Just You
Most people won’t see your keyboard — and that’s fine. Angry Miao’s real magic isn’t about showing off — it’s about what happens when you sit down alone to build. When a tool feels this good, it reminds you your time and craft deserve better than generic gear.
And when you want to surprise someone who lives behind the scenes too — a developer, designer, or engineer — there’s no better gift than daily excellence they’ll feel every single day, quietly powerful and personal.
Experience It Yourself
Specs and photos are one thing — but the real magic is in the feel and sound.
From Hatsu and AM Compact Touch to the Infinity Mouse and more — we have key releases from Angry Miao ready for you. Come tap a few keys, hear the thock, swipe the panel, test the mouse scroll — and see what happens when everyday tools get the BOLTBOLT treatment.
📚 Quick Glossary — Because We Love the Details
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CNC Milling — Computer-controlled carving of solid metal blocks. Think aerospace and luxury watches, not basic injection-molded plastic.
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Leaf Spring Mount — A flexible internal mount that adjusts how bouncy, soft, or firm each keystroke feels.
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POM / IXPE / Poron — Specialized foams and plastics layered inside to control vibration and dial in that perfect thock.
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65% Layout — A compact, minimalist keyboard footprint — only the essentials, no clutter.
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Qi Wireless Charging — Wireless power transfer standard. Just drop it on a pad, no cables needed.
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Thock — The deep, soft, satisfying sound of a well-built mechanical keyboard — the sound serious keyboard builders chase.
A Desk That Deserves This
If your ideas matter, your tools should too.
Come see how far your setup can really go.
Available now — limited, naturally — at BOLTBOLT.
Eunice
Co-Founder & Editor, BOLTBOLT