{"video_id":"yLXflEEQqSU","title":"Your Hands Go INSIDE this Keyboard","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2022-05-05T14:53:29Z","duration_s":499,"segments":[{"start_s":5.279,"end_s":15.28,"text":"nice","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.28,"end_s":20.56,"text":"okay so this is the data hand personal","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.4,"end_s":25.519,"text":"it's a keyboard it's weird there's no getting around that but it's weird for a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.359,"end_s":30.32,"text":"reason it's more ergonomic more comfortable and can even make you a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.359,"end_s":35.76,"text":"faster typer or so they claim so did data on systems go out of business","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":32.16,"end_s":39.04,"text":"because this is an awful idea a bad","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":35.76,"end_s":42.559,"text":"product or is this bizarre board 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thanks for watching guys if you like this video we have a bunch of other weird keyboard reviews check out the one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":494.479,"end_s":499.919,"text":"that has no keys at all that was fun to learn","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"nice okay so this is the data hand personal it's a keyboard it's weird there's no getting around that but it's weird for a reason it's more ergonomic more comfortable and can even make you a faster typer or so they claim so did data on systems go out of business because this is an awful idea a bad product or is this bizarre board from 1995 the absolute best input device you can't buy here's something you can buy our sponsor seasonic and their power supplies never skimp on getting a quality power supply for your current or next computer build check out seasonic to find award-winning power supplies and try out their wattage calculator to find out which one will suit your needs below like many modern ergonomic keyboards the data hand takes a split board approach it has two modules that can be freely positioned however you like according to your own personal neck connected by an 18-inch d-sub cable that you'll have to buy an extension for if you want to take advantage of the quarter-inch threads on the bottom of the modules like if you want to mount them to your chair or to the included laplander at its core the data hand aims to reduce the amount of movement and force required to register a keystroke it's designed so that your hands are resting comfortably on these cushy palm rests placing very little strain on the carpal tunnel muscles and instead of having your fingers curling and contorting in unnatural ways to reach keys the data hand has individual wells for each digit where each keystroke requires only a half inch of travel for your fingers and each finger can press down or in any of the four cardinal directions the switches are optical with the keys relying on magnets to snap back into place they're super sensitive though to the point where accidental key presses are really hard to avoid and sometimes even when your hands are just resting on them you'll suddenly get a bunch of s's going across your screen more on the learning curve in a minute but as for ergonomics having each finger do less work while moving in many directions other than one repetitive stroke is a definite plus each module can be adjusted for different hand sizes by raising tilting or rocking the key wells and by choosing between small and large palm rests at the time of ordering so it's ergonomic as heck but can it help you type faster it seems like it could in theory but the question is how long would it take you to get there it should be used to control a giant mech yeah there's there's ps2 on the other side of that okay we're going to LTT Store.com that's my task i want to go to monkey type that's delete that's restart no this is oh that's back this is incredibly difficult how do i get to blue mode there's another typo oh god over no no i did it well that's a terrible mouse experience can i stop now yeah you can still yeah i never want to use that again despite it being a completely different typing paradigm the designers did try and make it familiar the layout is derived from the qwerty layout with most key clusters corresponding to letters that you're used to hitting with that same finger however it's not a perfect translation and you can see why t y n and b on a regular keyboard are kind of in no man's land so these have to be moved to other random fingers which definitely takes some getting used to same goes with symbols enjoy learning to type in apostrophe with your left hand's middle finger then you've got the thumb clusters they've got modifiers for switching layers not unlike pressing shift on a qwerty keyboard except there's four layers granted one of those is a mouse which is awful please god no but at least it's there for people who need it but when combined with the atypical layout all of this makes the whole thing pretty damn alien when you first sit down with it to be frank jesse who typically types that between 120 and 130 words per minute on a qwerty and got to around 40 words spread on an ergodox after a day of usage tried the data hand and after a half day their best score was just three words per minute you just can't have someone on your payroll typing that slowly it's it's bad in data hands own advertising they say that it only takes a short time to get up to speed on the data hand but a short time is relative this guy who ran a data hand as his daily driver back in 99 said it took him over a month to get up to speed and that was after actually taking time off work to get used to it that's a pretty steep cost but then again can't put a price on health except in the states except in the states so let's say you're sold should you rush out and buy your very own data hand that's tricky because the company stopped selling them in 2008 well how about secondary markets ebay craigslist if you read it if you're lucky the boards are out there but they can be hard to find we only got this one because someone donated to us completely out of the blue after being interested in it for years but maybe there's another way a small but very dedicated group is looking to revive the spirit of the data hand with their own projects like ben grover's law board an open source keyboard you can 3d print and build yourself here's ben typing at 120 words per minute on one which is three times faster than the average person can do on a standard qwerty all without wrist extension and ulnar deviation i have to admit part of me really wants to get into this but maybe the data hand failed for a reason without a public statement from the company or a reply to my linkedin message to the founder we can only speculate on what led to this curious keyboard's demise but what we do know is that this device targeted a relatively narrow demographic and cost between 500 and 1300 dollars depending on which model you bought and when which is really expensive even for ergo keyboards which are often in the 400 range today this means that data hand relied on a limited number of sales with one core product plus a few wacky accessories like the data chair but in my opinion the learning curve must have been a big contributor to the low demand you needed some serious issues to justify investing the time and the money required for this ultimate ergonomic solution but today today maybe you just need to be a nerd for my part i'm really interested in this concept but i'd like to see some changes like perhaps an integrated trackball mouse for the people who need it instead of this cartesian bullspit i hate the mouse and maybe a more optimized layout that doesn't even try to be qwerty because it's already ridiculous to learn anyway so you might as well just use something that i don't know puts all the vowels on your strongest fingers or something but for everyone else who needs an ergonomic solution that's not so life-changing just get a redox moonland or something you know thanks to squarespace for sponsoring today's video need a website but don't have the know-how while squarespace makes it easy there's a wide selection of award-winning templates all optimized for mobile so it looks great on all your devices you can create members only content for extra revenue using squarespace's member areas and grow and engage your audience with the powerful and easy to use email campaign system and if you ever need additional help squarespace also offers webinars full series help guides or you can contact their 24 7 customer support via live chat and email so get started today and head to squarespace.com LTT and get 10 off your first purchase so thanks for watching guys if you like this video we have a bunch of other weird keyboard reviews check out the one that has no keys at all that was fun to learn"}