ErgoMotion Keyboard Auto-Changes Position
The ErgoMotion carries a hefty price, but it's slated to reduce keyboard-related injury.
Let's face it: all those long nights of Tweets, Facebooking, guild chatting, and just plain IM messaging can be hard on the hands. Many keyboard manufacturers have invested tons of time and money into producing peripherals that reduce the impact of long hauls across the trusted QWERTY. Now Smartfish is taking the ergonomic design one step further by producing the robotic ErgoMotion keyboard.
What makes this keyboard different from other designs is that it features a patented motion-system that actually studies your typing frequency. But don't fret: it's not secretly recording everything you type, but rather analyzes how you type and adjusts your hand and wrist position accordingly to reduce the chance of Repetitive Stress Injury.
Overall, the keyboard will move through seven different dynamic positions, periodically adjusting the slope and radial alignment of the hands and wrists to avoid fixed positions that constrict movement. The keyboard's radial adjustment alleviates the wrist's horizontal rotation; the keyboard also simultaneously alternates forward and reverse slopes to change the wrists’ arch.
The Smartfish ErgoMotion Keyboard won't be cheap, costing a meaty $149.95. Smartfish said that its ErgoMotion Keyboard will be sold this March through Amazon or the Smartfish online store. Check out the video below to see this unique keyboard in all of its robotic glory.
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Looks nice... would like to try it out one day...
Hmmm....
No.
I'll stick with my $2,000 rig, $60 mouse, and $5 2.5 year old OEM keyboard, thank you.
sounds annoying to me...
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am sticking with my G19 and very happy with it ^^
(volume roller could have had a less "placticy" feel to it though
Why do they make commonly used things glossy? They look terrible after a month's worth of use. Sigh.
I'm with my G15.
i would seriously consider it if it ever comes down to around 40 bucks or less
Eh... I'd have to try it for a week first to see if I can even get used tho the fact that it f%$@ing moves all the time.
hahaha, that piece of junk looks so poor in features. I stick to my ergomedia 700. It's alot cheaper, ergonomic and has enough features to consider it my keyboard for a really long time.
150 dollars crap...
Oooh, I can just picture grandpa's across America cussing out this keyboard, "I swear this F@#$ing thing keeps trying to outmaneuver me!"
Well, this is certainly innovative if what they are saying about it eliminating strain is true. $150 pales in comparison to getting arthritis due to strain (at any age). I'm interested to know how long it will last if people who really need this use it (ie programmers who are literally at a keyboard for 90% of there waking hours). Servos wear out over time and sometimes don't die quietly...
So it randomly moves the position of the keys.....you are kidding right. Talk about annoying, it would really screw up your typing speed/accuracy if you have to keep adjusting to a new key position.
Interesting, but I'd suggest an actor who doesn't run his words together for this company's spokesperson.