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I tried using the Twiddler[1] in college and found it oppressively painful to make that clenching motion, but I will admit it was super cool to be able to walk
by mdaniel 4y ago
I tried using the Twiddler[1] in college and found it oppressively painful to make that clenching motion, but I will admit it was super cool to be able to walk down the sidewalk and still type. The college of computing was exploring using them in their wearable computer setups, but I don't know what level of adoption they had
1: https://twiddler.tekgear.com/ https://twiddler.tekgear.com/
- hinkley 4y agoWow, I never would have guessed they still made this. Isn’t this one of the oldest ones? Looks like it has been updated. I eyeballed the frogpad, and kept eyeballing it until they went out of business. Should have just bought one.
- lproven 4y agoI suspect the oldest one is the Microwriter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter (1978, vs. 1992.) A form is still on sale as the CyKey: https://sites.google.com/site/cykeybellaire/ https://sites.google.com/site/cykeybellaire/ I have one. I found it almost unusable myself, because the instructions and the alphabet are intended for right-handed use. I am left-handed so for me the mnemonics make no sense, and the instruction manual devotes just a single paragraph to sinistrals, saying (summarised) "just mirror everything". Impressive design, nice hardware, but for me, too RH-centric. Like almost all modern cameras, for example, which are virtually impossible for southpaws to hold or to use.