It seems the inventors and designers are donning their thinking caps particularly to do some good to the less fortunate who lose their limbs to some deadly mishaps. Check out this new keyboard called Caracol that takes the designer cues from a snail. This one comes as an aid in time for the amputees as with this keyboard at use they’ll be able to operate their PC just as the regular people do it on their regular keyboards.
As I said it take the design hints from a snail, that’s because of its rotating key wheel that has a 5:1 gearbox so it will rotate to offer great deal of ease while rotating. Your hand rests on a comfy pad just as your mouse pad and you rotate the wheel by sliding your hand inside it. The rotation of the wheel allows the keys to rotate onto the fingers of the user so that he can type comfortably. The best part of Caracol is that each key in on the key-wheel is omnidirectional so that the user can type three different letters from a single key. The easy rotation feature combined with a limited finger usability not just makes typing easier for the handicaps but also adds into their typing speed.
Talk about putting the keyboard into use and you’ll find a great deal of applications of this technological wonder be it working on a photo or video work. In short the handicaps will no more be handicaps when it comes to having access to technology.
Via: Ideawicket