Complete Goldtouch system

Flat keyboards make your hand, wrist, arm and shoulder muscles work harder since "doing the twist" or "pronation" takes considerable muscle energy. The preferred position is the repose position which is similar to that taken naturally by your hands if they are allowed to float in a weightless environment.

Above - Flat keyboard - twisted position

Above - Tentable, expandable keyboard - natural position

Goldtouch keyboard is a value priced tentable keyboard packed with ergonomic features:

• Keyboard angles in the horizontal plane from 0 degrees to 30 degrees - continuously adjustable in that range.
• Easy adjust with a locking ball and latch mechanism.
• Small, space saving footprint.
• Embedded numeric keypad
• Standard QWERTY layout.

Keyboard dimensions. In the closed, flat position 15" wide. When open and not tented, 18" wide. When it is open and fully tented, 16-1/4" wide.

System requirements: - IBM or compatible - Dos 3.1 or later; Windows 3.X, Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Window ME or Windows NT.

Type in a more comfortable and neutral position!

PS2 model

USB model

The Kinesis Adjustable is the keyboard for users who need state of the art ergonomics without an adaptation period to reach full productivity. You the user selects the separation angle between left and right keys so wrists can work in a stress free position. Adjust the keyboard’s lateral tilt also with a choice of three settings (0, 8 and 14º), almost twice the tilt of the Microsoft Natural keyboard. This minimizes forearm tension without the pitfalls of excessive tilt.

• Quiet tactile switches provide a soft touch and positive feedback.
• Embedded 10-key;
• Smaller footprint for shorter reach to the mouse.
• Comes with PS/2 adapter.
• AT,XT and Windows 95 compatible. Interface boxes for Sun and Mac (except Mac Plus) systems.

Or add these accessories:

10 key keypad

Dual and Single action foot switches - one to activate the 10-key imbedded numeric keypad; the second foot switch action serves as an extra shift key. Or, programmable keyboards let you make the foot switches produce any key action or macro.

Retail prices from $149.00 to $249.00
Our prices from $129.95 to $225.00

PS2 model

USB model

This revolutionary keyboard is the only one that can place the user in an orthopedically neutral position while doing data entry. It cannot be adjusted improperly by the user.

Consider the position of your hands typing at a traditional keyboard. Hands are twisted to fit the keyboard. Holding your wrist in any position other that flattened positon causes what physiologists call ‘static muscle loading’, a constant tension. A side effect of this tension is reduced muscular waste removal, discomfort and sometimes it leads to injury. Researchers have demonstrated that complete blockage of nerve signals can occur when pressure equal to 40mm of Mercury is applied for an 8-hour period. It takes only 20 degrees of "twist" to create this much pressure. In fact, a complete blockage of nerve signals can occur when hands and wrists are worked in this position over an 8 hour period.

The SafeType's unusual design inherently prevents significant wrist extension. It is the only keyboard noted in a major university study to substantially reduce high-stress postures that contribute to repetitive stress injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Cornell University study shows
"that the use of a vertical split-keyboard design can substantially improve typing wrist postures for subjects, both in terms of flexion/extension and radial/ulnar deviation movements. These postural improvements occur immediately within the short-term typing tasks (15 minutes) that were used. These results were obtained for touch typists who were not experiencing any musculoskeletal problems, and this represents a 'best-case' scenario for typing

Even though the vertical split-keyboard is an unfamiliar design there was only a relatively small decrement in typing performance and a very small difference in error rates between keyboards. Given the short-term nature of this study it is predicted that touch typist subjects will quickly master the vertical split-keyboard because this preserves the familiar QWERTY layout."

http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/CUHFdownmouse.html

Connection: PS2 connection.
Mac users will need an adaptor like a "Y"-Mouse (not included)
Operating system compatibility: works with all versions of Windows since 3.1.
Warranty: one year parts replacement