humancomputer interaction
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Don’t Buy a Garmin Yet: Apple Could Launch a More Fitness-centric Apple Watch
Apple will likely announce a “pro” tier of the Apple Watch this fall. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who publishes the Power On newsletter, Apple is planning a high-end variant to help its wearable compete with the industry’s best fitness watches.
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Logitech’s Lift Vertical Mouse Saved My Wrists but Didn’t Escape My Grimy Grip
My wrists are killing me. It’s probably because I’m getting older, but I also have carpal tunnel from years of bad posture and ergonomics. Ever since I started working from home — way before this pandemic hit — I’ve been slouching, improperly propping-up keyboards and monitors, and wielding the wrong kind of mice. The Logitech…
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This Website Can Figure Out What You’re Typing Just By Listening to Your Loud Mechanical Keyboard
Need another reason to skip the upgrade to a clackety mechanical keyboard, besides a little sympathy for your co-workers who will undoubtedly suffer from your furious typing? It turns out that all that’s needed to eavesdrop on what’s being typed on a loud keyboard is a microphone and some clever software.
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Garmin Keeps Fitness Trackers Alive and Well With its New vívosmart 5
Smartwatches continue to dominate the wearables market, but Garmin thinks there’s still enough of a demand for dedicated fitness trackers to update its vívosmart line for the first time in over three years with the new vívosmart 5, which boasts a larger screen and battery life that smartwatches just can’t compete with.