Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the this-is-crazy dept.
Xunker writes "Are so such a geek that your wrists are threatening to leave you for a better job? Well, for all those that are forced to deal with RSI, this could be what you need. The techie throne we all dream of. "
What worked for me
by
Anonymous Coward
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I have occational wrist problems and what I bought was one of those wrist/forearm gloves made of rubber, plastic and velcro. It prevents your wrist from bending in an akward position. It it hard to type the first few days but then you get used to it. I only got pain in my right wrist but this thing seems to solve that problem. And it costs under $20.
It looks pretty nice, and their FAQ is surprisingly good, and it doesn't require weird drivers.
But notice that all of the pictures are missing the cable. The last thing I need is a wire going to my chair, where I can trip over it, roll over it, or pull it out of the machine if I roll too far away.
Take a $100 chair. And a $25 keyboard. What's that? It's split? Okay - let's be generous and double the keyboard cost for splitting it in half. $50. Add 0.3 seconds of thinking time for "Duh, how about a keyboard integrated into the chair", say at $100/hour (excessive) = c0.83, call it c1. Oh yes, we'll need an adapter, to mount the halves of the keyboard on the chair - adjustable in 3D (mount it on a height adjustable ball joint), say $25 each, that's $50.
That's $225.01. Now let's flog it for $1000! Bollocks to that. RSI here I come.
The other devices aren't much better. Datahand looks good but for a box with 8 buttons and a bit of clever electronics (one EPROM?) $1000 is a bit much. I reckon if I could be bothered I could undercut them by 75% with a better product and still make a mint.
I dunno who buys these things. They must have more money than sense. As well as keyboarding, I play the sax (exercises the right arm) and bagpipes (exercises the left arm) and only get wrist pains when I give up music.
Although thinking about the economics of my situation that probably doesn't make much sense anyway. Sax=$3000. Pipes=$1500. Piper's No1 outfit=$2000. Oh well...:-) Still, it's more fun than a chair-mounted mouse.
I find that for pure neato value, the datahand is the coolest keyboard (although the twiddler is also nifty). Since I'm a poor typist, it looks better, since you can't really miss a key (nor, for that matter, can you type improperly, since you have no choice which finger hits which key). Of course, it's also expensive as hell (which is why they don't list the price). It's around $900 for the personal (the Pro II is over $1000). I think this could be a really neato slashdot topic: badass input devices.
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And where do you put the mouse?
by
glen
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I imagine it has a pointing device built in but I've never seen a keyboard pointing device with a satisfactory button placement.
And I agree. Sometimes when you're eating or holding a book open or whatever you need the whole keyboard accessible with one hand.
I already have the complete solution, old fashioned keyboard, old fashioned ball mouse.
I don't see how people can use unix and depend on a mouse at the same time. Unix is based on efficiency. You seriously want me to lift my hand off of the keyboard, put it on the mouse, click a button, then move my hand back to the keyboard a thousand times a day? I can barely stand to take my hand of my vi keys to move it over to the arrow keys, let alone the mouse. It's extremely productive to know all of those keyboard shortcuts. It's the one true way. Use your brain, not your muscles.
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Re:they should be running linux...
by
remande
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Windows NT error number 2 occurred.
I'm sure that if you look up in the manual, you will find that NT error number 2 is "URL is hotlinked by www.slashdot.org".
a motor that makes this thing roll a joystick that makes this thing steer so I won't use any of my energy rolling around my lab. Hmm maybe i can even ride home in this thing...
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I have occational wrist problems and what I bought was one of those wrist/forearm gloves made of rubber, plastic and velcro. It prevents your wrist from bending in an akward position. It it hard to type the first few days but then you get used to it. I only got pain in my right wrist but this thing seems to solve that problem. And it costs under $20.
It looks pretty nice, and their FAQ is surprisingly good, and it doesn't require weird drivers.
But notice that all of the pictures are missing the cable. The last thing I need is a wire going to my chair, where I can trip over it, roll over it, or pull it out of the machine if I roll too far away.
Take a $100 chair.
:-) Still, it's more fun than a chair-mounted mouse.
And a $25 keyboard.
What's that? It's split? Okay - let's be generous and double the keyboard cost for splitting it in half. $50.
Add 0.3 seconds of thinking time for "Duh, how about a keyboard integrated into the chair", say at $100/hour (excessive) = c0.83, call it c1.
Oh yes, we'll need an adapter, to mount the halves of the keyboard on the chair - adjustable in 3D (mount it on a height adjustable ball joint), say $25 each, that's $50.
That's $225.01. Now let's flog it for $1000!
Bollocks to that. RSI here I come.
The other devices aren't much better. Datahand looks good but for a box with 8 buttons and a bit of clever electronics (one EPROM?) $1000 is a bit much. I reckon if I could be bothered I could undercut them by 75% with a better product and still make a mint.
I dunno who buys these things. They must have more money than sense. As well as keyboarding, I play the sax (exercises the right arm) and bagpipes (exercises the left arm) and only get wrist pains when I give up music.
Although thinking about the economics of my situation that probably doesn't make much sense anyway. Sax=$3000. Pipes=$1500. Piper's No1 outfit=$2000. Oh well...
I find that for pure neato value, the datahand is the coolest keyboard (although the twiddler is also nifty). Since I'm a poor typist, it looks better, since you can't really miss a key (nor, for that matter, can you type improperly, since you have no choice which finger hits which key). Of course, it's also expensive as hell (which is why they don't list the price). It's around $900 for the personal (the Pro II is over $1000).
I think this could be a really neato slashdot topic: badass input devices.
-- "I am disrespectful to dirt. Can you not see that I am serious!"
I imagine it has a pointing device built in but I've never seen a keyboard pointing device with a satisfactory button placement.
And I agree. Sometimes when you're eating or holding a book open or whatever you need the whole keyboard accessible with one hand.
I already have the complete solution, old fashioned keyboard, old fashioned ball mouse.
I don't see how people can use unix and depend on a mouse at the same time. Unix is based on efficiency. You seriously want me to lift my hand off of the keyboard, put it on the mouse, click a button, then move my hand back to the keyboard a thousand times a day? I can barely stand to take my hand of my vi keys to move it over to the arrow keys, let alone the mouse. It's extremely productive to know all of those keyboard shortcuts. It's the one true way. Use your brain, not your muscles.
--- A Jesus Fish eating a Darwin Fish only proves Darwin's point.
I'm sure that if you look up in the manual, you will find that NT error number 2 is "URL is hotlinked by www.slashdot.org".
--The basis of all love is respect
a motor that makes this thing roll a joystick that makes this thing steer so I won't use any of my energy rolling around my lab. Hmm maybe i can even ride home in this thing...