Thirteen “Different” Keyboards
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Hongkiat.com has an entry entitled “13 Computer keyboards you’ve never seen before” and I admit they are definitely not the standard Dell keyboard. Still I have seen at least ten of the listed keyboards or close approximations and even posted a more exotic roll-up keyboard in the BendiBoard. Still it remains an interesting list of some peculiar input devices. Pictured is the orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard which creates keystrokes as you slide the two “domes” in their eight respective positions. Mouse functionality is built-in so your hands never have to leave the domes. The orbiTouch Keyless Ergonomic Keyboard is available directly from Blue Orb or Amazon.com for $399. |
I’ve actually used a Datahand keyboard. Works much better than you would expect. But you really do need to be a touch-typist in order to use it.
What I really want is a one-handed chording keyboard, that I can hook to my PDA. Like the DataEgg, which doesn’t actually exist:
http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/lizzy/keyboards.html
Comment by Tommy — April 16, 2007 @ 9:49 am