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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Oops upside your desk: living with a vertical mouse

My attention was first drawn to the VerticalMouse when I received a press release from Dutch computing ergonomic specialists BakkerElkhuizen. Founded in 1994 by 'movement scientists' and ergonomists, BakkerElkhuizen is committed to linking the human being and their computers in a more natural way. The latest development from the company is a complete work set for the kind of flexible workstations that laptop driven working models demand. Consisting of a laptop holder, a compact keyboard, document holder and a vertical mouse. Regular readers of DaniWeb will know that my vision is impaired due to a medical condition, which requires my keyboard to be twice the size of a standard model (with huge yellow and black keys) so a compact alternative is not for me. Likewise, my laptop is plugged into a very large touchscreen monitor on my desk at work, so the laptop holder is redundant in my case as well. However, as a professional writer for the last twenty years, I am always happy to look at different mice that will help prevent repetitive strain injury; something I have suffered with on and off for the last decade or more. And so it was I found myself confronted by one of the weirdest computer mice I have ever seen: the Evoluent VerticalMouse 4.
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