Aside from being in control of a company just purchased by HP for more than 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS CASH, has Mr. Anderseen taken a dive off the deep end?
In this recent post, he sites an AP article claiming that the German government is investing in a next-generation search engine. He titled his post, “And [...]
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Investing in Next Generation Technology to Rival Status Quo NEVER A Waste
Published by July 26th, 2007 in Other Products, Software and Uncategorized. 105 CommentsErgonomic Solution: Cable Organizers
Published by April 10th, 2007 in Office Ergonomics, Other Products, Product Design and Uncategorized. 3 CommentsI previously blogged about the ergonomic nightmare of electrical outlets. I got to thinking, it’s not just outlets to blame, but cables and cords as well. The tangling mess that ensues is a dust trap, an eyesore, as well as an accident waiting to happen. Fortunately, there’s an entire online store devoted [...]
iGallop: Ride Your Way to Better Health
Published by March 27th, 2007 in Chairs and Furniture, Other Products, Stretches and Exercizes, Uncategorized and Videos. 4 CommentsThe iGallop ($400) is a funny looking ‘exercise machine’ available at Brookstone designed to give its users an excellent workout by simulating the action of riding a horse.
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The principle of iGallop is actually quite similar to the principles behind sitting on an exercise ball. The iGallop moves in a ‘tri-axial riding action’ which activates [...]
Banana Ergonomics
Published by February 21st, 2007 in Humor, Other Products, Product Design and Uncategorized. 1 CommentBananas are among the most widely consumed foods in the world, and are a major staple food crop for millions of people in developing countries. In most tropical countries unripe bananas are used for cooking. Cooking bananas are very similar to potatoes in taste and texture.
Export bananas are picked green, and then usually ripened in [...]
Ergonomic Nightmare of the Week: iPod
Published by January 3rd, 2007 in Ergonomic Nightmare, Ergonomics and Society, Mobile Devices, Other Products, Product Design and Uncategorized. 12 CommentsI would like to preface this post by saying, “I love my iPod.â€Â You probably do too, and want to kill me for naming it ergonomic nightmare of the week. But the things we love and use most are the things of which we should be most careful, ergonomically speaking.
Loud music and portable electronics are [...]
Why Nursing is a Dangerous Job and How Robots Can Help
Published by December 19th, 2006 in Back and Spine, Office Ergonomics, Other Products and Uncategorized. 2 CommentsAccording to a Forbes.com article, nursing aides have one the most dangerous jobs in America (most likely to get an injury or illness at work). Many nurses injur their backs while lifting and moving patients. Unfortunately, nurses do not have many options to move patients around more ergonomically.
The two occupations with the greatest number of [...]
The Ergonomics of the Toilet
Published by December 15th, 2006 in Ergonomics and Society, Ergonomics at Home, Other Products, Product Design and Uncategorized. 9 CommentsAccording to the creators of Nature’s Platform, the every day act of sitting on the toilet is not an ergonomically natural position and can lead to serious damage to the pelvic organs.
This article on the history of the toilet seat indicates that humans are meant to assume a squatting position for elimination and did so [...]
Multitouch Screen: the Future of the Computer Interface
Published by December 8th, 2006 in Human Computer Interaction, Keyboards and Mice, Other Products, Product Design, Uncategorized and Videos. 1 CommentPretty soon the way we use computers will change forever. Multi Touch screens like the ones in these videos will soon be commercially available. They eliminate the need for a mouse and even a keyboard. Instead, you interact with the screen directly. This totally changes the physiology of human computer interaction, [...]
Plastic Packaging: Ergonomic Nightmare of the Week
Published by December 3rd, 2006 in Ergonomic Nightmare, Other Products, Product Design and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsI’m sure you’ve noticed that your Christmas presents have gotten harder and harder to open over the years. Once the sheer joy of ripping of the colorful wrapping is over, the utter hell of penetrating the hard plastic shell of your new ipod, camera, or electric shaver begins.Hard shell plastic packaging (two layers of PVC [...]
The PenAgain Takes the World By Storm
Published by November 28th, 2006 in Other Products and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsWhen I first came across the PenAgain while surfing the net for interesting ergonomic products, I thought, “this looks cool.” I put this image in my gallery and didn’t think much more about it. Imagine my surprise when I saw an article on the PenAgain this morning in my local newspaper, the San [...]