One of the biggest complaints of the surface keyboard is that it doesn't feature a backlight.

It is rather sad that Microsoft chose to design a keyboard with several intentional iterations in mind, instead of just producing the best slim keyboard they could.

A quick design change such as adding a hole under each key, an optical diffusing layer and a few LEDs would have added a simple and functional backlight.

For further investigation into this keyboard, check out my Surface Keyboard Hacking Project