Economic productivity is the foundation supporting American world leadership. Instead of being honored for their contribution and helped, injured and productively impaired workers are held hostage in the partisan political conflict over ergonomic regulations. RSI victims have become jetsam of the prosperity their work helped create. For their sake and for the benefit of employers, taxpayers, and everyone who suffers from the lost productivity and the high health costs, a better policy is demanded. The DataHand ergonomic keyboard offers a model of the kind of innovation and ingenuity needed to inspire answers to all aspects of the musculoskeletal injury issue, both physical and political.
Cooperative creativity can fix many difficulties and conflicts.
At the heart of the RSI agony for computer workers is the 130 year-old flat keyboard. Jammed keys were the big productivity barrier of that era. Health risks, discomfort, demanding musculoskeletal exertion, and limited productivity are built into this antiquated cultural habit. The flat keyboard was not prescribed by God and sent to Moses on a stone tablet. A superior alternative is possible.