Ergonomic Office

Computer
Programming

Introduction

Ergonomics is the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker. Proper ergonomic design is necessary to prevent repetitive strain injuries, which can develop over time and can lead to long-term disability. read more...

Mouse

Syndromes

A website dedicated to carpal tunnel symtoms : http://www.carpal-tunnel-symptoms.com/

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

A techniue to protect against Carpal tunnel syndrome

I personally recommend it

Devices

Guesture Based : http://www.mgestyk.com/faq.html

Softwares

for reducing mouse clicks

For Linux ?

opensource alternative but not as good as that : http://www.mousetool.com/ergonomic-software-for-linux.html

Keyboard

Keyboard / Mouse

Note : After using ergonomic mouse and keyboard for about a year, i can recommend it to anyone with or without RSI injury. They clearly worth the money.

Mouse and keyboard together (totaly new technology) :http://www.keybowl.com/

keep hand on the same gesture and also massages them : http://dictionary.zdnet.com/definition/ergonomic+glove.html

Several useful devices : Backshop Healthy Computing

Brain based!

Connect your mind directly into your computer

OCZ’s brain mouse : Forget about QWERTY and mouse now!

Software based

One of the best alternatives to mouse and keyboard are speech recognition softwares. They have a long way to go yet but according to my personal experience they're very useful and can reduce mouse and keyboard usage to almost half once you get use to them. One of the best softwares avaialbe now days is Nuance - Dragon NaturallySpeaking Speech Recognition Software i tried it myself and i recommend it if you're interested in this solutions

Display

As you may know, staring at any kind of light source directly affects brain time. Since CRT,LCD,OLED technologies illuminate light they all cause sleep issues. But still a better Display matters, the more stable the pictures appears on display the less side effects we experience. DO NOT BUY CHEAP displays if you're using computer more than 4 hours a day.

Currently i could find only one technology which can solve the sleeping issue cause by regular displays. It's called E Ink. The technology itself is a bit complicated to explain here but if want to explain it in few words, the difference is it reflects light instead of producing it. Which means that you can't read the screen when it's dark.

The technology is not new, as a matter of fact it's been used on Digital EBook readers like Kindle for more than a decade. But since its referesh and color depth is still very low it couldn't replace other technology. I stronlgy recommend using E Ink book readers for reading books and newspapers.

Chair

My favorite : HeadLine: In the Office: Vitra.com

What features an ergonomic char should have ?

Programmers

Voice programming :

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