Is Your Keyboard Bugged?

No, not that sort of bug, we’re talking about the type that gives you nasty infections. If your keyboard is anything like mine it’s probably crawling with gems, but that doesn’t matter, they’re my germs and we’ve got used to each other. One place where germs are unacceptable is in hospitals, where doctors can carry all sorts of nasties around with them, tap in your details on a keyboard, and then the next person to use it picks them up on their fingers, you get the picture. So thanks to Engadget for alerting us to the Esterline Medical Medigenic Keyboard and Mouse. It’s flat and designed to be sanitized with its wipe clean surface, and you don’t have to disconnect it to do so, a single key disables it so key presses won’t have any effect, and it flashes when it’s time for a wipe over. The keys are backlit so it can be used in low-light environments and according to the makers the flat design doesn’t slow down text and data entry and it’s as easy to use as a normal keyboard.