Tag: RSI

The x-Ar exoskeleton arm is a spring-loaded device that supports the weight of your arm and any small objects you might be holding, thus minimizing the risk of getting repetitive stress injuries as you perform menial tasks such as assembly-line work. The manufacturer Equipois foresees factories, laboratories and even offices adopting the arm support system. (Commenters at Engadget had some ...

There's no end to wacky devices that, so claim the manufacturers and doctors, combat stress on your hands and wrists, a consequence inherent to working on a computer all day. There are split keyboards and ones with obscure letter layouts, but Smartfish has the first keyboard we've seen that automatically moves in order to keep the blood flowing and reduce the strain. The ErgoMotion Keyboard ...

Let's be honest, here. We don't always sit at a desk and use our laptops in the most ergonomically agreeable positions. Since we can carry a laptop to our beds, our couches, or even our bathrooms, we often do, and end up sore, stiff, or worse, developing repetitive stress injuries because of it. Design blog Core77 did a case study on netbook design, and as part of it looked at the common ...

Repetitive Stress, or Surf, Injury (RSI) plagues millions of people and, according to some estimates, costs England's industries billions of dollars a year (and we can't imagine the U.S. is too far behind). One product now in testing, cheerfully named the Mouse Blister, aims to address that painful affliction, purporting to make your mouse more ergonomic and "Grippy as Heck!" The Mouse Blister ...

In addition to death and taxes, life seems to hold at least one other certainty: The older generation will fret over the younger one's preferred means of entertainment. Over the centuries, parents have freaked out over scandalous stories, books, radio programming, TV, the Internet, and goodness knows what else. In keeping with that grand old tradition, the New York Times reported yesterday that ...

File this firmly under "D," for "Duh," but a new study in the South African Medical Journal is reporting that text messaging can lead to repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and damage to our thumbs. Researchers interviewed 318 teens at two South African high schools for the study, and over half reported having at least one of the main symptoms of RSI, which include pain or tingling in the neck, ...

New research by Microsoft has employees and employers from all over sitting up and taking notice -- literally. The report says that over 60 percent of office workers suffer from Repetitive Stress Injury, or RSI. That is an astonishing 30 percent increase from last year. We assume many of you out there consider yourselves office workers, so yes, this concerns you. Oh, and to all the CEO's and ...