HCI Project 2007

HCI 2 is a module at the Computer Science school at the University of Birmingham. The HCI Project 2007 blog is the place where the team will discuss ideas and processes involved in developing a 'useful piece of technology' for our target audience - children <= 11 years old.

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Case: Pen Grips

I have been searching around on Internet shops for different pen designs available. I have come across many different layouts and shapes that pens have been incorporated into which all have there own unique grip to make the pen more comfortable to hold in the hand.

One pen that got my attention was the Stabilo S-move easy pen which not only has an interesting shaped design to be more comfortable to hold, but also has a hard rubbery grip to make it easier to write with. The rubber used on the grip is of the same type we discussed that the word scanning pen could be made out of, to make it more durable, at one point in a prior meeting. The grip has been cut in a way so that it fits the thumb and index fingers and rests on the middle finger. I happen to own this very pen and have found it very easy to write with.



A simple design like this could be considered for our word scanner device to improve a users grip and make it more comfortable to hold.

More information about the S-move can be found here

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