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A One-Handed Keyboard For $25

Posted by timothy on from the you-knew-there-was-a-catch dept.

Bruce Perens writes "Slashdot has often featured attempts at improvement upon the QWERTY keyboard. Here's a one-handed USB keyboard that you can buy for $25 online, or a bit more at the CompUSA. There's one catch: someone will have to design a keying pattern and hack up software for it. It's a task just crying out for an Open Source project." Bruce has also included on the linked page code with which to read the output from the device.

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  1. First Post by Enaku · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Karma be damned. I got first post. w00t.

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  2. good job quoting the article... by 192939495969798999 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I like how the summary includes direct quotes from the other page, but has a block quote around that and paraphrased stuff as well. A wee bit too early in the morning for a post, perhaps?

    The picture says a thousand words! I would bet that the thumbpad either gets completely in the way, or makes scrolling super-easy. (obligatory)Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!

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  3. Re:Brucie Bonus by TechnologyX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Same thing for that Roland shit with the weblog

    OOOHHHH NEW ROLANDPIPUQEUESLF BLOG ENTRY

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  4. Re:Cue joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why, do you cum out of your ear? You should see a Doc about that.

  5. Re:Age old question answered! by micr0c0sm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    *fapfapfapfap*

  6. Re:wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    or a beowulf cluster of them.

  7. Re:DVORAK keyboard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Citroen has a car that includes all the features you describe above (hydraulic steering, prone to errors, no way to tow the car when the engine is not running): The DS

    And after 30 years I still use it as my daily driver!

    This is ofcourse completely off-topic..

  8. Re:example: by StalinsNotDead · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your sig reads "I Am Not A Lawer, but here's the contract I wrote that should.... "

    I believe you meant "Lawyer". Not trying to be a spelling Nazi, but I try to let people know if they've got a misspelling in their sig. Offtopic mods be damned. If the misspelling is intentional because of some form of humor that I am missing, I apologize.

    Does anyone know if one is able to directly contact other users of slashdot?

    Have a pleasant day.

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  9. Re:Then you can't buy a one-handed keyboard for $2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ACs always get modded down. Deal with it.