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AlphaGrip's 3D Keyboard Ready For Pre-Orders
bic2k writes "AlphaGrip has opened their doors to pre-orders this past week. (Previously mentioned here.) Press release can be found here. They look a lot like an xbox controller, but contains 42 buttons and a analog stick. Shows up as a standard USB keyboard and mouse. Has a USB expansion slot, which will possibly be used for wireless connectivity. They claim typing speeds of 50 WPM or better after a month or so. They're waiting for 5000 pre-orders before going to manufacturing, so it may be awhile before they actually ship these."
Lucky you, I can't even think that fast.
How can I type on something that is shaped like a tooth? Looks like the N-Gage engineers have worked their magic once again!
You aren't free to do anything, until you've lost everything.
I'm still looking for a one handed keyboard+mouse+controller where I can type still type 60wpm and keep my other hand free to... umm... (barely audible) fast connection... (mumble) pr0n ftp...
.deviatefromtheabsolute.
The real question is: are emacs key combinations even possible with it? it's already a bit of a challenge on a full size "normal" keyboard...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Seems like it would be pretty nice if only I had three hands.
Now i'll be able to blast my way through level 7 in Word XP!
The "Insert Quote Here" line is almost as predictable as inserting an actual quote.
LAZY KEYBOARDERS OF AMERICA UNITE!
Join the IFPMKU today!
(I Finger Pick My Keyboard Union)Some of us have large hands. Will someone please build a keyboard for us!
Or we will crush your puny heads! I'm crushing your head right now!
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Iv'e been uisng a prtoypote of tihs for a wilhe now. I lkie it a lot. I can tpye sxity wrods a mintue wtih aobut one precnte acucrcay. Im' tihknnig aobut getitng rid of my QEWTRY kyebarod atlogehter.
Simple, double-sided tape. Since your keyboard and mouse are now one item, you shouldn't need to have your hands on anything else. The next version is promising to have a handy little nose scratcher attachement as well, so when your hands are effectively glued to this device, you can still scratch yourself. Scratching your crotch with a controller still isn't testing very well, except amongst a surprisingly high percentage of female testers...
104 keys? The only true keyboad doesn't have 104 keys, it has 101.
It's the IBM Model M keyboad that doubles as a self defense weapon. Mine was made in 1986/09/06 and still works great.
Never speak of this 104 key bs again.
Skim over that sentence quickly and see what you get...
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what? Typing of the Dead was the bomb!
Your reality is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever. - Baron Munchausen
*Phone tone*
The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the key pad with your palm now.
"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free."
... the virtual sex machine (http://www.vrinnovations.com/index2.htm).
And actually, it's even better than what you suggested! Or, uh... so I would IMAGINE... er, uh...
Heh, your last line (despite its intent ;) ) reminds me of when I was in highschool. As budding programmer, I was pretty damn quick on the keyboard, even one-handed (due to some combination of laziness and possibly *that*). In English class, we all were in the lab typing our papers. I think I was fooling around with Word Macros or some bolonga because I hated English class, so I was just screwing around with one hand on the keyboard and one hand holding my head at a slant. My teacher must not have noticed I was just zombied out, because on my report card, along with the D I so proudly earned, my teacher wrote that I needed to learn touch typing. Pfft. $100 says I could out-type her one-handed.
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Scratching your crotch with a controller still isn't testing very well, except amongst a surprisingly high percentage of female testers.
Woah, it has a rumble feature too?!
Not all of them.
The Atari 400 keyboard was perfectly flat, and purely two dimensional.
The reason that computer wasn't successful was because if the keyboard somehow became disconnected from the computer and turned sideways, you couldn't find it. Total pain in the ass. That's why keyboards nowadays have a third dimension to them.
... is a very cleverly designed keyboard. Looks just like a nice generous pair of boobs. With that look, it can't help but succeed. Must be designed especially for dotty slashers. Be in quick or they'll all be sold out before you can turn it on.
It was supposed to read: 50 1337 words per minute.
Oh, so you are stuck on only using your thumb, eh?
What? Too good to use your nose like the rest of us?
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One more thing I'll get phone calls about: "Hey, whats up, nothin man, just can't find the 'K' on my keyboard, you know where it is?"
Most people have occation to type one handed. Whether it's because you have a phone in your hand, or otherwise :).
Mouse. You need to use the mouse.
My Karma: ran over your Dogma
StrawberryFrog
Yes, but at least I can type "qwerty" faster on QWERTY.
They look a lot like an xbox controller, but contains 42 buttons and a analog stick.
Oh, so more like a simplified X-Box controller.
Listen to the rabbit.
StoneCypher is Full of BS
... a console controller for playing 'nethack'.
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I don't need a Dvorak keyboard. I just need to get really drunk and use a keyboard that the alignment dots (on the F and J) are worn down. :)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.