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"I
am a veteran in the computer graphics field, with 20 years of
experience. Because of a repetitive strain injury in my neck caused
by working on a certain ill-designed graphic workstation during
the mid-eighties, I became very concerned with workstation ergonomics.
During the evolution of my workstation's design, I have purchased
nearly every alternative keyboard out there. I have finally settled
on a combination of the Kinesis Classic MPC for high-speed typing,
and the Half Keyboard which I use for entering various commands,
numbers, file names, and arrow key movements. This means I only
have to place the Kinesis keyboard in my lap on those occasions
when I must type an email or letter, but most of the time I can
control my computer using the Half Keyboard.
Because of the ergonomic design of my workstation, I do not have
to raise my arms off the arm rests of my reclining chair, significantly
reducing the strain on my neck. Attaching a Half Keyboard to the
left arm of the chair and a small Wacom tablet to the right freed
up the configuration of my workstation's desk. I can actually
put my feet up on the chair's ottoman, if I wish, and occasionally
recline the chair to various angles to further reduce strain.
Currently, we are building the world's most advanced online art
gallery called Eastmont Gallery which will open soon at: http://eastmontgallery.com.
This gallery will simulate the 3D experience of visiting a real
art museum, and it will have live, interactive custom framing
with the highest resolution on the Internet. Under my other company,
Eastmont Editions, we also print the fine art that we sell online.
The Half Keyboard is an essential part of my workstation, and
because our entire operation is controlled from this one station,
the "Halfie" has become an indispensable part of the
whole enterprise. Thanks for a great product!"
Ken
Totten
Eastmont Gallery
Eastmont Editions
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Wesley
Woo-Duk Chung tells the fascinating
story of how he built a full-power wearable Windows
PC (yes, he can even play Quake on it!) - and why the Wearable
Half Keyboard is his keyboard choice.
http://www.tool-box.info
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L. McAndrew created special car-door mounting brackets for
his/her Palm and Half Keyboard, and sent us this photo. We're
sure there's a very good application for this setup... and
we assume it's perfectly safe and legal... but we haven't
been told what it is!
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In the summer of 2000, before there was actual Half Keyboard
hardware for sale, there were concepts, prototypes, and
the software version.
Somehow,
someone from Bitmagic.com (which was an internet startup
that posted fun new animations on their website each day)
came across our website and was inspired enough to make
create this
Flash animation.
Bitmagic's
website is now gone, yet another casualty of these "interesting"
economic times, but we've saved the animation here for you...
Requires
the Macromedia
Flash plug-in.
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Cool
User Sanai Naritoshi adapts his Half Keyboard™
for Sony CLIE™ and 
