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The Hunt and Peck Keyboard sports an alternative layout, one that has the letters arranged alphabetically. You can toggle between the traditional QWERTY layout and the “logical” ABCDE layout with the press of a button. The function keys are also mapped to type in commonly used abbreviations like ASAP and IMO. LOL is mapped at…
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July 21st, 2009
stumble it! digg it!
author: lambert v.
filed under: computing gadgets strange + wonderful technology
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The Go Computer, made by a company called firstSTREET, tries its best to be the most user-friendly computer on Earth. Unfortunately, in a tragic combination of stereotyping and a lack of imagination firstSTREET is marketing their device towards elderly people, neglecting the fact that there are old people out there who are already comfortable with…
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June 23rd, 2009
stumble it! digg it!
author: lambert v.
filed under: computing technology
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This has got to be the best news for brain health since ever: playing strategy games might help prevent some ill effects due to aging. Your desire to control an animated portion of a tiny world (with your iron fist, naturally) just may be your saving grace in your twilight years.
The study, published in…
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December 15th, 2008
stumble it! digg it!
author: alisha k.
filed under: strange + wonderful technology video games