We have an army of conventional keyboards for regular, two-handed users. But have we thought about a design concept for users who are capable of operating with only one hand? Student Design Awards winner Kyle Jarratt has certainly thought out a good design concept called Quick Pad with nineteen programmable buttons. It is a shortcut keypad for use with a PC and incorporates an on-screen interface as well as predictive text shorthand system to enable fast-touch typing with one hand. One of the features of Quick Pad is Endless Customization , where users can create as many ‘modes’ as they wish, with each new mode presenting nineteen new keypad shortcuts. It also features an on screen interface that provides even more programmable short cuts.

Its chief feature is the comfortable hand rest which can be used as a physical point of reference for quick interchange between mouse and keypad. Quick Reid was inspired by Ben Reid who was a patient of cerebral palsy, which rendered his right hand useless.



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Topics: Gadgets Tags: on February 1, 2010

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