The WowPen Ergonomic Mouse
March 16th, 2006
The alternative input device company WowPen USA is offering a line of variations on a pen-shaped pointing device that can also be used for handwriting input for Windows systems.
The overall goal of the WowPen is an ergonomic user experience that the manufacturer claims will provide “No wrist pain (RSI)”. The theory on which that claim is made seems to be that the wrist is cocked at approximately a 45ยบ angle compared to a standard mousing position.
While we have no doubt that some users may have a problem-free experience using this device -we have not tested it ourselves- it must be noted that people do sometimes get wrist pain and RSIs using real pens, so their claims should not be looked at as any kind of guarantee.
It is certainly an interesting-looking concept and may well be of benefit to some. As always we remind our readers that no one product is ergonomically correct for every person. If you’ve tried a WowPen, please let us know what you think!
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http://www.wowpenusa.com/
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1. Ergonomic inventor offers&hellip | March 20th, 2006 at 7:35 am
[...] I just discovered Health-Hack[.com] and was reading your review of the new (ergonomic) pen-shaped mouse. I agree with your point about folks reporting repetitive strain from pens as well as from a computer mouse. Despite the ergo-design Any device can and will result in repetitive strain when used often enough. [...]
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