The Wackiest Keyboard Ever – The SafeType

I honestly never thought that I would find another keyboard that was any more bizarre than the Combimouse as featured previously in Thoughts from the Sidelines – a link to this post is provided below – but, not for the first time, I was wrong as the mantle of the Most Wacky Keyboard Ever has now been assumed by this monstrosity.

The manufacturers of this curious looking device state that a study completed by Cornell University found that the use of this keyboard can significantly reduce the risk of Repetitive Motion Injury and RSI but, be that as it may, I won’t be replacing my trusty new Logitech keyboard for this contraption any time soon.

Although this device is certainly not going to win any awards in the aesthetic stakes, it is hard to fault the reasoning behind its ergonomics as it is designed to eliminate three of the most damaging postures assumed whilst typing on stand keyboards – namely extension, deviation and pronation. And the site offers a veritable wealth of supporting information as well as customer testimonials by way of support.

Nevertheless, whilst I can understand that this keyboard may well be suited to fully trained touch typists I can only hazard a guess at how I the average Joe would get along with this device.

The obvious answer to eliminating strain injuries completely would, of course, be the use of decent voice recognition software but, is it me, or does voice recognition seem to become very much out of favour of late. I wonder why that is?

You can gain a wealth (and I mean a wealth) of information about the Safetype – as well as view a video presentation – via the official website which you can link to directly via this link – and, admittedly, the sales pitch is extremely convincing.

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