News Archive for 2006
Workrave Earns Raves
At InternetNews.com, Sean Michael Kerner writes about Workrave (How Open Source Saved My Neck), the free break reminder program from developer Raymond Penners.
Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit. [...]
Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever
If, like I do, you have a soft spot in your heart (and perhaps an empty spot in your wallet) for unusual input devices, you’ll enjoy reading Mikael Svärdh’s article at Fosfor Gadgets, The Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever.
Here’s the list:
Roll-up Keyboard
The Wrist Keyboard
Maltron 3D Ergonomic Keyboard
The SafeType Keyboard
Virtual Laser Keyboard
The Frogpad
The Twiddler 2
The Orbitouch
The [...]
How To Switch Mouse Hands
In How To Mouse Goofy, Meg Hourihan offers an interesting story about how she learned to use the mouse with her left hand (she’s a natural righty).
The “goofy” in the title is a skateboarding reference. Most skateboarders ride with their left foot on the front of the board; this is called the “normal” stance. [...]
Another Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 Review
Jeremy Atkinson has a reviw of the Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 (Is the VerticalMouse 2 Worth a Thumbs Up?) at ExtremeTech.com.
We’d reported on an earlier review of the mouse, from LIVEdigitally.com nearly a year ago. So the mouse has been available for awhile, but is apparently still gaining attention.
DataHand Ergonomic Keyboard Reviewed
There’s a review of the DataHand Ergonomic Keyboard at atpm.com. Paul Fatula discusses this unusual input device and how it can be useful for RSI sufferers:
One of the ways the Datahand helps to reduce RSI-related pain comes through requiring far less finger movement to type than do other keyboards. Each finger rests in a “well,” [...]
Avoiding RSI at Google
Dr. Taraneh Razavi, a staff doctor at Google, has posted an article on the Google Blog (Avoiding RSI) about dealing with repetitive stress injury in the workplace.
The article rightly points out the best way to avoid RSI:
The key to treatment is prevention. Research shows that injuries decrease and productivity increases when employers encourage stretch breaks [...]
Ultrasound Guides Tendonitis Treatment
In an article from Reuters Health, Megan Rauscher reports on a treatment for De Quervain’s Tendonitis (also known as “DeQuervain’s Disease” or “DeQuervain’s Syndrome”, which is an inflammation of the sheath or tunnel that surrounds two tendons that control movement of the thumb.
This painful Repetitive Strain Injury is often treated with a shot of cortisone, [...]
Don't Ignore RSI Pain
There’s a good article on the IT Analysis web site, about the dangers of repetitive strain injury (RSI) for IT (Information Technology) workers. In Warning! Computers Can Cripple You, Peter Abrahams of Bloor Research relates the interesting stories of two people who’ve suffered from the devastating effects of RSI.
In both stories, the person involved tried [...]
A Better Video Game Controller?
Let’s face it, typical video game controllers are not an RSI sufferer’s best friend. The button-mashing and thumbstick-twirling that are typical of many video games can bring on Repetitive Strain Injury all by themselves.
Personally, I’ve largely had to give up on video game consoles. I can only play for a short period of [...]
VoiceCode - Speech Recognition For Programmers
VoiceCode is an open source project started by the National Research Council of Canada, to enable programmers with RSI to continue programming. As reported by New Scientist Magazine, the new speech recognition tool promises to “let programmers write clean code without ever having to lay a finger on their keyboard.”
“Some estimates suggest 22% of all [...]
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