NSK Delivers Silver and Black 53-key Alpha-Numeric USB Keyboard
Qwerty Alternative is Ergonomic, Space Saving and Easy to Learn
From: Business Wire - 06/07/2006

New Standard Keyboards (NSK) announced shipment of a USB-interface computer
keyboard with just 53-keys, which offers several advances over standard
Qwerty keyboard designs for businesses, homes, gamers, and assistive
technology users.  

The new NSK535S with silver casing and black keys with white letters follows
the company's first product, NSK535R, which features a "rainbow" of key
colors corresponding to their functions. Both models retain full
functionality but depart from traditional 104-key Qwerty designs by placing
only 53 keys within easy reach of home position. The approach is an
alternative for media PCs, assistive technology users, non-typists who never
solved the mystery of Qwerty, as well as for swift business data entry where
the clutter of a typical Qwerty keyboard is not needed.  

The New Standard keyboard also takes up much less desk space, measuring just
12.5-inches wide by 5 inches deep by 1-inch thick. It supports any Windows PC
with a USB port. When used with MS Office applications, it also types
additional characters directly from the keys.  

The keyboard was designed by NSK founder John Parkinson, an electrical
engineer with a degree in psychology and background in industrial psychology
and ergonomics. Parkinson developed training programs in a typewriter factory
prior to designing the New Standard keyboard.  

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Contributed by Jamie Arasz Prioli

Links:
New Standard Keyboards
http://www.newstandardkeyboards.com/

Photos of NSK535S
http://www.newstandardkeyboards.com/images/End535S.jpg
http://www.newstandardkeyboards.com/images/535R150dpi.jpg

New Standard Keyboard's 53-keyer
http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/03/new-standard-keyboards-53-keyer/

53-keys New Standard Keyboard
http://www.tech-blog.org/story-2786.html
http://www.bytefarmers.com/log/2005/01/26/53-keys-new-standard-keyboard/

New Standard Keyboards Announces Fast QWERTY Alternative
http://www.i4u.com/article4780.html

First Look - New Standard Keyboard
http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=469

New Keyboad Layout Introduced
http://forum.divx-digest.com/showthread.php?t=59316

Taking on QWERTY's illogic
http://news.com.com/Taking+on+QWERTYs+illogic/2100-1041_3-6005547.html