Category: RSI Products
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,” [...]
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 [...]
Step UI Initiative From Microsoft
Step User Interface (Step UI), an innovative technology prototype that encourages people to control their computers using their feet in addition to their hands, was among more than 150 innovative concepts featured at the sixth annual Microsoft Research TechFest.
The Step UI evolved from efforts by Microsoft researchers Brian Meyers, A.J. Brush, Steven Drucker and Marc [...]
WowPen
WaaWoo Technology offers a very interesting new input device called the Wow-Pen.
The Wow-Pen is a cross between a mouse and a pen. You hold it like a pen, and roll it across your desk like a mouse. It provides all the functions of a conventional optical mouse, plus may also be used for drawing [...]
I-ROCKS Illuminated Keyboard Review
Rick Yaeger of MacMerc.com offers up a review of the I-ROCKS i-mini EL X-Slim (KR-6810M) illuminated keyboard, a portable USB keyboard which offers a backlight for the keys, allowing you to more easily type in the dark.
The manufacturer claims that “Ergonomic contour keeps you away from the pain and strain by its low-profile keystroke.” [...]
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Reviewed
A few weeks ago Microsoft released a new ergonomic keyboard. I still haven’t gotten a chance to look at one in person, but Ian Johnson of The Globe and Mail in Toronto has, and he’s written a review of it.
He calls it a “radical approach to making keyboards more comfortable”, and mostly has good [...]
New Microsoft Keyboard - Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Looks like Microsoft has a new keyboard coming out. Their Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 features a split keyboard design with key rows that are curved to better match the hand’s natural shape. The 14° split between the two halves of the keyboard encourages better wrist and arm alignment, reducing the potential for developing [...]
The Perils of Office Chairs
Dana Knight has an interesting article in the Indianapolis Star (Longer Hours In The Chair Can Be A Pain In The Anatomy), discussing the dangers of sitting all day. “You’re holding a position all day long that is static. You’re forced into a position that doesn’t fit your body shape. Sit too long, and [...]
EZ-Reach and Contoured Keyboards Reviewed
Peter Svensson, writing at Foster’s Online, reviews two ergonomic keyboards, the TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 and the Kinesis Contoured Keyboard.
Each of these keyboards arrange the keys in a grid, rather than in offset rows like typewriter-style keyboards. The idea is that a grid, in which the keys are aligned both vertically and horizontally, requires less [...]
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