Keyboarding
In 1872, typewriters were invented, put into production and quickly gained popularity among the American people. Typing things out was a much easier form of written communication because it saved time making letters on paper by hand and it also made the appearance of documents more attractive looking and organized. The keyboard also allowed people who had hard to read handwriting a way of clearly expressing their documents to people without others having to struggle to read them. Originally, the keys on the keyboard were arranged in an alphabetical pattern because it was logical to assume that since people had memorized the letters of the alphabet in a certain order, so it would be natural to relate the placement of the letter in the alphabet with the number of keys inward on the keyboard. This original plan for the keyboard worked so well, that typists began to type at speeds that were faster than the hands of the typewriter to hit and fall, so the keyboard was redesigned in order to force people to type at slower speeds. This second keyboard design is the design that is still the standard to this day because Americans are resistant to change. This design is known as QWERTY, because those six letters are the first lette
http://acomp.stanford.edu/siliconhistory/David/QWERTY.html I believe that in the future, many keyboards will be custom designed for each user to provide the most comfort. Keyboards will also be able to be hidden into things and combined as standard furniture components (like some recliners have remotes and phones built into them now). To go as far out on a limb as I can, I have seen products in development on shows like Dateline, 20/20, etc. that use neural implants that could possibly control artificial limbs on the body. I believe that in the distant future, things like this could be used with things like military computers. http://www.thisistrue.com/dvorak.html uently used keys reduce hand and arm movement. Versatile thumbs are used far more effectively. Built in palm resting pads allow immediate hand and arm relaxation if you stop typing to rest or think, and Shift Lock as well as Caps and Num. Locks provides more options. The MALTRON keyboard has been shown to relieve the symptoms of RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury). Maltron keyboards have been designed to be fully ergonomic to fit the shape and contours of people's hands. The keyboard's keys are arranges at different angle and different lengths to accommodate for the angle and length of each finger on the hand, and the key that it corresponds to. The keyboard's split design eliminates wrist twist and allows a central number cluster which can be used people who are right or left handed. This is an advantage because this
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