For over a hundred years, good typists didn’t ‘hunt and peck’ but instead relied on keeping their fingers on the home row. This technique relies on physical buttons, but with on-screen keyboards used ...

For the touch typist, the tablet and smartphone experience is often a frustrating one. While it is possible to key in characters without looking at the virtual keyboard, efficiency and accuracy are a ...

In 1968, Douglas Engelbart gave what’s come to be called “the mother of all demos.” In a single, live presentation, his team introduced watershed ideas like the computer mouse, hypertext, and video ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a chorded text input system for touchscreen devices that allows users to type without looking at the screen. I'm not sure what the point of this is. If you ...

In December 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart introduced the world to two brand-new computer peripherals of his own invention.The first was his invention, the computer mouse-- which, as you're well aware, ...

Designer Erik Campbell was charged with putting a modern spin on the original chorded keyboard, a one-handed input device that lets users type characters with key-press combinations, like playing ...

A chorded keyboard from Infogrip, Ventura, California for people able to use only one hand. Invented in 1986 and brought to market in 1991, the Bat keys are pressed in combination like piano chords, ...

An Australian researcher has developed a new chorded keyboard device that makes texting while driving possible without having to look at the screen. An Australian researcher has developed a new ...

A keyboard with a small number of keys that generates a letter or word based on the combination of keys pressed at the same time, similar to piano chords. Dating back to the mid-1800s, the first ...