> If you fold your hands together lightly (fingers interlocking), > you will notice your fingertips rest quite comfortably in pretty much the > same place all the time. Say, that's very interesting. If I understand you right, a full glove would not be needed: you could snip off all the finger cots, poke your fingers through, and type. Along the same lines, if you clench your hands very lightly (separately), the tips of the fingers fall across the face of the palm. If glove-buttons were there, they could be pushed. Also the thumb ends up right next to a knuckle of the index finger, so a button there would be good. I suppose even multiple rows of glove-buttons on the palm, Twiddler-style, would be doable; might want a very thin piece of plastic to support the buttons against a relatively soft palm (it can also provide the wires as a flexible printed circuit). Might even attach this strip to the palm adhesively, Band-Aid style. The "cloth" Band-Aids are pretty comfortable, and they're skin-colored. Could be an option for the first design too, though some people have some inter-knuckle hair, ouch. Cheers, Peter Monta
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