Dr_Manhattan comments on Spend Money on Ergonomics - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Kevin 23 December 2011 06:40AM

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Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 23 December 2011 03:56:30PM *  0 points [-]

Marginally ergonomic issue, but in the "optimization via computer peripherals" bucket Twiddler keyboard looks interesting http://handykey.com/specs.html. For one you can type in bed without need for a table, but also good potential input for wearable computers that are around the corner. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2i_7oX8mw (I think this guy is working on http://9to5google.com/2011/12/19/google-xs-wearable-technology-isnt-an-ipod-nano-but-rather-a-heads-up-display-glasses/)

Comment author: Vaniver 24 December 2011 06:03:46AM *  1 point [-]

You can format links a lot more cleanly by enclosing the word you want to link in brackets and putting the url in parentheses afterwards: [example](http://lesswrong.com/) turns into example

Comment author: DSimon 24 December 2011 04:28:47AM 0 points [-]

Do chord keyboards actually get up to a reasonable speed? I have a hard time imagining myself getting all the touches simultaneous enough, and I play DDR!

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 24 December 2011 05:57:25AM 0 points [-]

Reportedly 60 wpm