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Interesting. Back in the '80s, the ergonomic keyboard [0] designed as part of the Japanese TRON project was originally supposed to be produced in three differen
by Findecanor 2y ago
Interesting. Back in the '80s, the ergonomic keyboard [0] designed as part of the Japanese TRON project was originally supposed to be produced in three different key pitches for differently sized hands, based on measurements of Japanese people [1].
Another aspect was that some key columns were splayed, being more apart further away.
It has inspired many follow-ups in the DIY ergo-mech scene in more recent years.
[0] http://xahlee.info/kbd/TRON_keyboard.html http://xahlee.info/kbd/TRON_keyboard.html
[1] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/An-Implementation-of-the-TRON-Keyboard-Tachibana-Sakamura/ef292c3d117508efe2d189de2b19e6636521c7cc https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/An-Implementation-of-t...
- bobmcnamara 2y agoYears ago a chip supplier suggested using their RTOS. We asked what it was called. They nearly shouted, "Industrial standard Micro Industrial The Real-time Operating system Nucleus, haven't you heard of it?" This would begin a year of Google translation of Japanese RTOS docs. Neat keyboard. Also pretty cool how far the TRON project went and how many parts of computing it influenced.
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