Build A Custom-Fit One-hand Keyboard

Posted by timothy on Monday August 12, 2002 @05:59AM from the twiddler-with-whistles dept.

EyesWideOpen writes: "The New York Times (free reg. req.) has an article about a guy who has invented a one-hand keyboard that really isn't a board at all. The 'Stealthy Keyboard', which is in the prototype development stage, is designed to fit in the palm of the hand and uses the fingertips, the middle of the fingers and combinations of those to generate characters. More information (white paper, downloadable engineering plans, photos, etc.) can be found on this website." Inventor John McKown adds "The kit includes (open) source for the firmware. The code is for a PS/2 port but a USB version is slowly progressing."

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The "This is not new" is not new by thelizman · 2002-08-12 06:37 · Score: 1, Flamebait

How many of you farking morons are going to repetively spew the same damned garbage already. Look, we don't need 500 posts about the twiddler, or your personal half assed attempts at building one.

Oh, and the twiddler. It's not even fucking close. Does it fit nearly into the palm of the hand? No. Does it use "chording" of less than 10 buttons? No..

Now, being that Im' through with my rant, I would like talk about my mutant version of this keyboard which also incorporates a heavily hacked CueCat barcode scanner, but the collective has redesignated me to another cube, and I must leave now.