Your's Web Tech Power Blog's: Jun 26, 2011

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Most folks do work with their hands, but what about your feet? Surely you shouldn’t just leave them to tap or shake all day long (yes, some people have that kind of habit). Of course, there are also those who have lost the use of their hands, leaving them to rely on their feet to write or even paint instead. With the SoftStep KeyWorx multi-touch foot controller, you might just stumble upon a new hands-free method of using your computer.

Touted to be the world's first foot controlled digital interface, where it is said to provide a new and faster way to operate a computer. It will come in Mac and Windows flavors, making the SoftStep KeyWorx a valuable new tool for everyone and anyone using a computer. It doesn’t matter if you’re a hardcore or casual gamer, a video editor, programmer, data entry professional, or even disabled – this is one of the faster ways to use the computer.

Capable of remembering up to 100 sets of commands, the SoftStep will be powered via USB, and is pressure and location sensitive. There are 10 fully customizable keys which can remember up to 100 sets of commands for repetitive tasks. The cursor/click control will enable the user to ensure their hands remain comfortably on the keyboard all the time, while the blue backlight allows you to use it even when the lights around you are turned off.

Using advanced elastomeric and graphite composites which results in a super rugged yet lightweight design, the SoftStep ends up as a light-weight and portable device, tipping the scales at a mere pound, making it tiny enough to fit in a briefcase or backpack. Among the tasks that can be performed include accessing the Internet, opening and closing software apps, entering text, bringing a browser forward and zooming in and out amongst others.

Heck, especially those who suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and carpal tunnel will find the SoftStep KeyWorx multi-touch foot controller to be a boon in their lives, and surely $289.95 is not an expensive price to pay?

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Hand Powered Espresso Maker

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT

There is nothing quite like having a nice hot cuppa of your favorite joe in the morning to spruce things up. After all, the work day isn’t going to get any easier as it progresses (that’s the norm, no?), right? You could always receive help from the kitchen or pantry using one of those machines that churn out coffee by the cup, but if you use your hands via the Hand Powered Espresso Maker, it will be done with love and passion – and surely that would translate to a better taste for most folks.

This hand-powered espresso maker is touted to produce rich Italian coffee drinks sans electricity, letting you stay up through the day in the office even when there is no power supply. All you need to do is pour hot water into the top of the unit, push down both levers to drive a piston downward, where that will create up to 10 bar of pressure to extract rich, complex espresso topped with crema.

With a portafilter that holds one or two shots of ground coffee alongside its removable dual spout which can pour a couple of drinks simultaneously, you will more or less get the perfect cuppa all the time. $149.95 for a hand cranked espresso maker? Smells good to us.

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Musical Ruler

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:39 AM PDT

The Musical Ruler would have been cool while you were still in pre-school or kindergarten, but now that you are all grown up, working in a cubicle and slaving your way through the office so that you can pay off that ever ballooning mortgage, the $13.99 Musical Ruler does not sound so enticing anymore. Either way, it will still be an eccentric addition to your office desk, but others might just measure whether your sanity is still there or not. Perhaps the years of crunching numbers in a tight dateline has taken its toll on you…

Available from, where else but Stupid.com.

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