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	Edgar Matias' Home Page
		Matias, E. and McGowan, J. Splitting the Octave: 1997 Abridged Notes.
		Matias, E. and McGowan, J. Splitting the Octave: 1996 Abridged Notes.
		Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., and Buxton, W. A wearable computer for use in microgravity space and other non-desktop environments.
	edgarmatias.com (629 words)

	Matias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matias Corporation is a privately-held company based in Toronto, Ontario that supplies products for mobile computing.
		Matias was founded on 3 August 1990 by Edgar Matias, Steve McGowan, and James McGowan.
		Their most noted product is the award-winning Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matias (76 words)

	Matias Half Keyboard News Archive
		Edgar Matias: And you'd be able to type at speeds as high as 64 words a minute, with one hand, on something the size of your cellphone.
		Edgar Matias: [pointing to handheld appliance] Uh, this is gonna cost $350 Canadian or $250 American, when it comes out.
		Edgar Matias: You would do this in situations where you wanted to have access to a computer but you didn't have a desk; you didn't have a power source.
	www.halfkeyboard.com /news/robtv.html (1025 words)

	Half Keyboard for Macintosh will Debut at Macworld Expo in San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		TORONTO, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Matias Corporation today announced that its Half Keyboard(TM) for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Macintosh computers will debut at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, January 9 - 12, 2001, in Booth #1748: http://halfkeyboard.com/macworldexpo The company is also holding a press conference on Thursday, January 11, from 3:00 p.m.
		A free software demo is also available: http://halfkeyboard.com Matias' Half Keyboard technology allows fast one-handed text entry, using peoples' existing touch typing skills.
		Matias, the Matias logo, and Half Keyboard are trademarks of Matias Corporation.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-03-2001/0001395918&EDATE= (451 words)

	Wired News: The Sound of One Hand Typing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Matias invented the keyboard in the early 1990s as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto and tested it under the auspices of the school's Input Research Group.
		Matias has spent the last four years bringing the one-hand keyboard to market.
		Raskin said Matias' Half Keyboard is the first one-handed keyboard that doesn't require learning a new way to type.
	www.wirednews.com /news/print/0,1294,41001,00.html (784 words)

	Kotori no Su(Hagio Moto)
		Edgar and Allan are late for the Mass and Edgar needs to say to a schoolmaster Allan was not able to tie the shoelace.
		Students tell Edgar that Robin Carr, who was a student from England, fell down to the river from the window and dies two years ago and that his body has not been found yet.
		Edgar says he was in the garden because he recalls his late younger sister.
	www.callenreese.com /kotorinosu.html (2846 words)

	Computer Dealer News: Big margins for small portable accessories - Matias Half Keyboard, Mynix Technology Mypaq ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Back in 1984, Edgar Matias was still in high school -- but he was already thinking big about little things.
		Matias Corp. in Vaughan, Ont. makes the Half Keyboard, a tiny computer keyboard that can still be used for touch typing.
		When Matias first thought of the concept, he said "it was just too early for it to be feasible -- computers weren't portable enough to make a device small enough to use the keyboard."
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3563/is_11_17/ai_75647654 (1083 words)

	One-Handed Touch-Typing on a QWERTY Keyboard ~ Matias, MacKenzie, & Buxton (1996)
		Edgar Matias is a student at the University of Toronto, a member of the Input Research Group in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, and President of The Matias Corporation.
		This prototype was on display at a recent CHI conference (Matias et al., 1994), during which the operator wore it on four consecutive days, over time periods varying from four to nine hours.
		Since his arms rested at his sides when not demonstrating the unit (which itself was fairly light), the operator felt no premature strain in the arms.
	www.billbuxton.com /matiasHCI96.html (7832 words)

	ATPM 10.09 - Review: Tactile Pro
		Edgar Matias informed me that the Alps keyswitches used in the Extended Keyboard I and Extended Keyboard II are no longer being manufactured, and that the Tactile Pro uses a descendent of these switches that’s a cross between the two.
		The Micro Connectors keyboard was made in the same factory as the Tactile Pro, but it uses a fourth type of switch, which I think is between the Extended Keyboard II and the Tactile Pro (closer to the Tactile Pro).
		Matias has not been able to re-create Apple’s keyboards of yore, but it has built a solid product: the lone Mac clicker in a membrane world.
	www.atpm.com /10.09/tactile.shtml (3161 words)

	Matias, Code Mercenaries, and DS International will Produce Half Keyboard for Palm, Handspring, Windows, Macintosh, and ...
		TORONTO, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Matias Corporation today announced its development and manufacturing partners for its new Half Keyboard(TM) product for Palm(TM) (Nasdaq: PALM) and Handspring(TM) (Nasdaq: HAND) handheld computers: Code Mercenaries and DS International, Inc. Based in Berlin, Germany, Code Mercenaries specialize in the development of cross-platform controllers for keyboards and mice.
		A FREE software prototype is available for download at: http://www.halfkeyboard.com Matias is a startup company whose patented Half Keyboard technology allows fast text entry on cellphone-sized devices, using peoples' existing touch-typing skills.
		Press Contact: Edgar Matias Matias Corporation 416-675-3092 pr@halfkeyboard.com Matias, the Matias logo, and Half Keyboard are trademarks of Matias Corporation.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-11-2000/0001309136&EDATE= (532 words)

	HalfKey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I am slightly disappointed, but not displeased by Matias Corp's decision; I had suspected that such a request may come through at one stage, but had hoped that HalfKey would have been seen as a way to promote the Half-QWERTY arranagement, so that users could easily transition to their hardware.
		HalfKey is based on the work of Edgar Matias (with whom we are not affiliated); in 1993, he described the idea of a modifier-key based design for a one-handed QWERTY keyboard.
		A formal explanation of Half-QWERTY is given in Edgar Matias' paper, One-handed touch typing on a QWERTY keyboard.
	halfkey.com (595 words)

	DMW: Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard Review
		As shown on Matias' website, the pair of symbols represent what you would get with the option or option-shift modifiers held down in combination with any given key.
		Matias should be given an award for their high level of promptness, courtesy and honesty.
		Received a letter from Edgar Matias (!) of the Matias Corporation, thanking me and correcting my note about Sticky Keys; it's not quite as bad as I thought but still not as quick as traditional keyboard shortcuts.
	derek.trideja.com /review/tactilepro (2968 words)

	CITO: Success Stories: CITO Innovation Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Former University of Toronto student Edgar Matias had an idea.
		Within that department was the Dynamic Graphic Project’s Input Research Group, a place where Matias found the resources and people he needed to develop his idea through research.
		Under the guidance researcher Bill Buxton, Matias was able to conduct human-factors research and construct a prototype of his keyboard concept.
	www.cito.ca /stories/is_story4.html (279 words)

	One-Handed Touch-Typing on a QWERTY Keyboard ~ Matias, MacKenzie, & Buxton (1996)
		Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. One-handed touch-typing on a QWERTY keyboard.
		Edgar Matias, The Matias Corporation, 600 Rexdale Boulevard, Suite 1204, Toronto, Ontario, M9W 6T4, Canada.
		Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. Half-QWERTY: A one-handed keyboard facilitating skill transfer from QWERTY.
	www.yorku.ca /mack/hci96.html (7850 words)

	Macworld UK - MACWORLD EXPO: Crazy keyboards on show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Matias will demo its Half Keyboard at Macworld Conference and Expo, San Francisco next month.
		Company founder, Edgar Matias said: "I'm personally very proud to have the Half Keyboard available on the Macintosh platform.
		The idea was conceived in 1984, the same year the Mac debuted, and the very first prototypes were implemented on a Macintosh 512.
	www.macworld.co.uk /news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2292 (318 words)

	Main Page
		It would also record who was in a room, who was on the phone, and even what objects were in the room.
		Also in 1994, Edgar Matias created a wrist computer.
		It had a miniature half keyboard that was strapped to one hand while a screen was strapped to the other hand so that you could type and read the text at the same time.
	www.angelfire.com /biz6/exploravision/history.htm (743 words)

	OSXFAQ - Technical News and Support for Mac OS X
		Edgar Matias is the president of Matias Corporation and chief designer of the company's products.
		With a background in user interface research, his main responsibility is keeping the company innovative and competitive.
		The Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard is built from the same premium keyswitch technology that Apple used in its original Apple Extended Keyboard, widely viewed as the best keyboard Apple ever made.
	www.osxfaq.com /radio/07-2004/07-31.ws (1302 words)

	Keyboard Products
		It uses chording to replicate the functions of a full-size keyboard.
		Edgar Matias sells software to allow one-handed typing on a Qwerty keyboard.
		The space bar acts as a modifier key to type keys that would normally be reached by the other hand.
	www.ornithopter.org /typing/products.html (394 words)

	DocBug: Quick one-handed keyboards survey...
		Studies: Three by Edgar Matias (Transfer from QWERTY,
		Notes: Never used it myself, though it looks like you can get good speed out of it and it's quick to learn if you already know QWERTY.
		Edgar also sells a wearable version that straps to your arm, though unlike the Twiddler that means your other arm is also tied up when you type.
	docbug.com /blog/archives/000241.html (646 words)

	Cruft: May 2003 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The company founder, Edgar Matias, explained the halfkeyboard to me personally.
		Edgar can type very fast on the halfkeyboard.
		He had a few other products like full size keyboard that let you type onehanded when you wanted and two handed at other times.
	cruftbox.com /blog/archives/2003_05.html (6064 words)

	Macworld UK - MACWORLD EXPO: Mac originator shows up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He will be at the Expo for the debut of Matias Corporations Half Keyboard for the Mac.
		Edgar Matias, inventor of the Half Keyboard and self-confessed Macintosh fan, said: "It was a real honour and a privilege working with Jef on this product.
		He thought of the concept himself a few years ago, and mentioned it to his friend Bill Buxton.
	www.macworld.co.uk /news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2300 (383 words)

	Joe Clark: Half-QWERTY: The sound of one hand typing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There are ways to type one-handed, including a relatively new technique that sounds crazier than it is. Half-QWERTY, a software product from Toronto inventor Edgar Matias, lets you type all the letters and numbers on a computer keyboard with one hand.
		After about ten hours of practice, most test subjects were typing with one hand at over 50% of their two-handed typing speeds; one subject hit 88% of her two-handed rate.
		Naturally, though, there are problems: The prosaic name (Matias is trying to dream up something snappier) and the fact that Half-QWERTY is not entirely transparent.
	www.joeclark.org /halfqwerty.html (543 words)

	Keyboards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The half-QWERTY is just like it sounds: half a normal qwerty keyboard with a modifier key to let you type the other half with the same hand.
		A blurb for Matias' software to turn a mac into a one-handed keyboard is
		Contact: Edgar Matias The Matias Corporation 178 Thistledown Boulevard Rexdale, Ontario, Canada M9V 1K1 (416) 749-3124 Gary Friedman
	lcs.www.media.mit.edu /projects/wearable/lizzy/keyboards.html (547 words)

	TidBITS#773/01-Apr-05
		Matias Adds Sudden Motion Sensor Tech to Laptop Bags -- Laptop bag designer Edgar Matias announced today that his company has licensed Apple's Sudden Motion Sensor technology for use in a new line of bags for PowerBook and iBook portable computers.
		A vital catalyst to speed the inflation of the balloons is a secret ingredient derived from domesticated foliage grown widely in British Columbia, Canada.
		Once deployed, the bag must be returned Matias so that the bags can be refolded and the internal air canisters replaced.
	www.tidbits.com /tb-issues/TidBITS-773.html (3947 words)

	Business Wire: Macworld San Francisco 2003 Exhibitor Profiles. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Matias iPod Armor provides the ultimate protection for your iPod/.
		With the lid open, you have unobstructed access to all iPod controls.
		Company Description: Matias is a privately held computer Accessories Company based in Toronto, Canada.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:96162344&refid=holomed_1 (7025 words)

	TidBITS#723/29-Mar-04
		When you look more closely, you realize that Matias has done something that would seem obvious except for the fact that no one has done it before: they printed the Option- and Shift-Option-characters on every keycap.
		Most vendors have moved to a lower-cost clone of the keyswitch, but when Edgar tried a sample keyboard they sent him, he thought it felt awful, with a touch so light it was tricky to avoid typing a character if he so much as touched a keycap.
		Luckily, Edgar was able to convince the Alps factory in Taiwan to keep the tooling active for him by committing to buy a million keyswitches.
	www.tidbits.com /tb-issues/TidBITS-723.html (4910 words)

	Bibliography
		In Conference proceedings on Human factors in computing systems, pages 328 - 335.
		Edgar Matias, I. Scott MacKenzie, and William Buxton.
		Half-QWERTY: a one-handed keyboard facilitating skill transfer from QWERTY.
	www.cs.uta.fi /~poika/g/node11.html (617 words)

	Applelinks.com Macintosh News
		Matias Corp. To Launch Innovative Half Keyboard for Macintosh
		Matias Corporation has announced that its Half Keyboard for Apple Macintosh computers will debut at Macworld Expo.
		Matias' Half Keyboard technology allows fast one-handed text entry, using peoples' existing touch typing skills.
	www.applelinks.com /articles/2001/01/20010104130533.shtml (468 words)

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		OK, the old IBMs (which I too loved, but their day has passed-- we all need USB presently) are not the only models with collapsing-spring mechanisms.
		My old pal Edgar Matias's company makes two, the Half-QWERTY (also known as the HalfKeyboard or 508) and the Tactile Pro.
		The latter defaults to Macintosh modifier keys, but you can use it on Windows if you can live with Ctrl and Alt being switched.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/7413 (1429 words)

	WEARABLE COMPUTERS: A GENERAL OVERVIEW
		It interacted via wireless transmitters in rooms and with equipment in the area to remember who was there, who was being talked to on the telephone, and what objects were in the room, allowing queries like "Who came by my office while I was on the phone to Mark?"
		1994- Edgar Matias debuts a "wrist computer" with half-QWERTY keyboard: Built by Edgar Matias and Mike Ruicci of the University of Toronto, this "wrist computer" presented an alternative approach to the emerging HUD + chord keyboard wearable.
		The system was built from a modified HP 95LX palmtop computer and a Half-QWERTY one-handed keyboard.
	misnt.indstate.edu /harper/Wearable_Computers.html (5452 words)

	[No title]
		, ematias@dgp.toronto.edu (Edgar Matias) wrote: > > >shooshie@onramp.net (Shooshie) wrote: > > > > Er...
		:-) > > Edgar > -- > Edgar Matias > Input Research Group, Dynamic Graphics Project > Computer Systems Research Institute, University of Toronto Yes, Dr. Matias, you have my permission to publish this broadly in the interest of promoting communications on computational devices about communications on computational devices.
		It is essential that all voices in the continuing discussion be made available and widely disseminated.
	www.columbia.edu /~hauben/CompHum/Thoughts.usenet (1895 words)

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