The video below is a homemade commercial made by the inventor of the AlphaGrip, a handheld device designed to roll a keyboard and mouse all into one game-controller-like package so users can “instant message from bed.”
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The inventor uses his daughter to demonstrate the product in the video. As Madeline lies on her bed [...]
Archive for October, 2006
AlphaGrip: AIM Junkie Assistant
Published by October 30th, 2006 in Human Computer Interaction, Keyboards and Mice and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsCommodore 64 to iMac G5: Memories From A Child of the Computer Age
Published by October 30th, 2006 in Gaming, Human Computer Interaction, Uncategorized and Usability. 2 CommentsI am a child of the computer age. The first personal computers hit the scene right about the same time I was born in 1981. My family has always owned a computer (since I existed) and I have always used computers. Each year as I grew older and learned new things and mastered [...]
An Ergonomic Nightmare
Published by October 27th, 2006 in Ergonomic Nightmare, Humor and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsI found this cartoon on Usability First and thought I’d share:
9 Easy Ways To Stay Healthy And Be A Happier Person
Published by October 27th, 2006 in Ergonomics and Society, Ergonomics at Home, Office Ergonomics, Resources and Uncategorized. 3 CommentsAn article in Forbes.com with an accompanying slideshow titled “9 Easy Ways to Stay Healthy” really impressed me. It is really about ergonomics–making your body work for you by working in harmony with it instead of fighting against it. The main points: be comfortable, get enough rest, and eat what you body needs. [...]
Why Tight Pants Are A Health Risk
Published by October 26th, 2006 in Clothing Designs, Humor, Product Design and Uncategorized. 127 CommentsPerhaps you’ve heard it said before that wearing tight pants can cause infertility in men…maybe that’s why you don’t wear tight pants. According to an alleged scientific study, Swedish men in the 1970s were found to have higher infertility rates than men in surrounding countries. After much detective work, the scientists formulated the [...]
Learning To Type Ergonomically With Dvorak Part 3
Published by October 25th, 2006 in Dvorak and Uncategorized. 1 CommentI have been making an on-and-off effort to learn Dvorak for the last couple of weeks, the process of which I am chronicalling here. After a few short lessons I memorized the keyboard. I thought a good way to become proficient would be to just go about my normal typing tasks with [...]
The Nethrone: Another Ergonomic Chair of the Future
Published by October 25th, 2006 in Chairs and Furniture, Human Computer Interaction and Uncategorized. 3 CommentsLast week I wrote about the Smart Chair, a chair for which I could find no picture, but that was described as something a lot like the Nethrone, another “chair of the future” recently unveiled by EMA Innovation LLC. Just like the Smart Chair, the Nethrone is a computer and chair rolled into one. [...]
Ergonomic Product Design: Marketing Hype vs. Real Ergonomics…and Does it Matter?
Published by October 23rd, 2006 in Other Products, Product Design and Uncategorized. 3 CommentsIt seems as though every company under the sun has jumped on the “ergonomics bandwagon” by releasing new and improved “ergonomic” versions of the same old products. By releasing a new “ergonomically” designed product, a company not only catches consumers’ attentions with a colorful and curvy new design, companies are also showing consumers that [...]
Product Review: Trackbar Emotion Offers Solution to the “Type and Reach”
Published by October 20th, 2006 in Keyboards and Mice, Product Reviews and Uncategorized. 11 CommentsType, reach, scroll, click, scroll, click, reach, type, reach, scroll, click, repeat. No matter what you’re doing on the computer all day, your hands are repeating a series of motions like these hundreds of times throughout the day. The constant reaching back and forth between the mouse and keyboard not only slows down [...]
Learn to Type Ergonomically with Dvorak Part 2
Published by October 19th, 2006 in Dvorak and Uncategorized. 4 CommentsAfter my second practice session of Dvorak, I have already begun to notice how awkward the QWERTY layout is in comparison. I am now typing using on Dvorak, which is excruciatingly slow, but I am surprised at how quickly I memorized the layout. From here on out it is just about retraining my [...]