Archive for July, 2006

Multi-Touch Interaction Research - Jeff Han

Multi-Touch Interaction Research - “While touch sensing is commonplace for single points of contact, multi-touch sensing enables a user to interact with a system with more than one finger at a time, as in chording and bi-manual operations. Such sensing devices are inherently also able to accommodate multiple users simultaneously, which is especially useful for […]

orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard

“The orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard is an entirely new method of typing and “key activation”. It is the first keyboard that uses the hand and arm instead of the fingers to type, eliminating finger and wrist motions.” - http://www.keybowl.com

Projection Keyboard

“The projection keyboard is an important, patented new application that resolves a key shortcoming with mobile and wireless devices — “true” data input. Current input solutions (e.g. thumb keyboards or handwriting recognition) are limited in their ability to support typing-intensive applications such as document and memo creation or email composition.” - in http://www.canesta.com 

FrogPad

 
“FrogPad™ is a one-handed keyboard to be used with USB Keyboard compatible PDA’s, Pocket PCs, Tablet and Wearable PC’s, and other mobile applications, such as portable laptops, which utilizes the flexibility and ease of one-handed functionality and the performance of an efficient keyboard. .” - http://www.frogpad.com/   
 

Um teclado Braille

A Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona e a ONCE conceberam um teclado para que os invisuais possam introduzir a informação no computador de uma forma mais simples. O teclado é inteiramente em Braille, está especialmente indicado para a edição de textos científicos e para edição musical. -fonte pcworld links: www.uab.es
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

“Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful progressive condition caused by compression of a key nerve in the wrist.   It occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist.  Symptoms usually start gradually, with  pain, weakness, or numbness in the hand and wrist, radiating up […]

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) - Lesão por Esforço Repetitivo (LER)

LER é a abreviatura de Lesão por Esforço Repetitivo (em Inglês RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) ou, ainda em Português, Dano de Esforço Repetitivo. Representa uma síndrome de dor nos membros superiores, com queixa de grande incapacidade funcional, causada primariamente pelo próprio uso das extremidades superiores em tarefas que envolvem movimentos repetitivos ou posturas forçadas. Também […]

An introduction to keyboard design theory - Martin Hosken

“Designing a keyboard is relatively easy: you just allocate codepoints to keystrokes. The difficulty comes when trying to decide what codepoints to assign to what keystrokes. Do you design based around the characters on the keytops of a user’s keyboard or the relative position of the keys? What do you do if you want to […]