The Keybowl

Filed under Hardware

I’ve played around with some strange input devices, including the Felix (now called the Altra MicroPoint), the Kinesis Keyboard, and a mouse with a trackball for a scroll wheel among the more notables.

But the Keybowl has to be the most, well, interestingly named of the bunch so far.

What is it?, well, here

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You basically put your hands on the two “domes” and slide them around. The left hand is like an 8 way “shift” key, and they right hand selects a specific character from a set of characters depending on the position of the left hand dome.

For someone with limited hand mobility, I could certainly see some benefits, but it does look a bit, er, strange.

They should wrap it in knit.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

2 Comments

  1. Ralf says:

    Somehow (dunno why) this reminds me of my proposal for the "Butt Mouse": Basically, a seat cushion attached to an optical mouse, with two foot pedals for left/right click. The user wiggles their hips and shifts their weight to mouse around, leaving both hands free to type.

    MAD! They called me MAD!! But who’s laughing now??

    *cough*

  2. Darin says:

    Pair ’em up, that’d be one funky desk setup.
    Not to mention programming would probably get you fired for lewd behavior.

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