Archive for March, 2009

Flatscreen Monitors

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

When I first saw one of these sleek and slender monitors, my first reaction was that I must simply have one of those. It would create much more room at my desk and would be a lot easier to move if I had to. Years later, I have a 30 inch flat screen monitor by [...]

Shared responsibility in worker fatigue

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Sleep is a hot topic of conversation around here - more often than not, “lack of”. In these times, there doesn’t seem to be enough time in our 24 hour clock to get things done. To illustrate, in college, I found sleep an inconvenience. I had too much on the go but in the end, [...]

Ergonomic training on digital media

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

I wrote a quick article in one of our newsletters a few years back announcing a new product we developed based on the request of a Calgary client. As we tend to be a few steps into the future on things, I’ve noticed that this concept is now taking off for us a few years [...]

Reviewing and assembling documents while seated at your desk can cause discomfort in the neck - find out what we suggest to alleviate this problem.

Learning to fall properly

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

It sounds odd - but as I’ve stated in an earlier blog, there really is a right way and a wrong way to fall in order to reduce the risk of broken bones, sprains, or even head injuries. The key is to know the right moves and then practice them. The following tips have been [...]

In a typical case of “do as I say, not as I do,” I slipped and fell outside and hurt my shoulder. It’s mending but given it’s been two weeks, I thought that maybe this could have been avoided by following some practices we’ve been teaching our clients.
Preventative medicine should have been in the forefront [...]

Always striving to keep on top of current research in ergonomics and human factors, Linda spends a week in Washington to learn cognitive interviewing and worker fatigue.

Discover how a compact keyboard can help an employee with a smaller frame work in better comfort.

Challenging Einstein

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

The current issue of Scientific American has a feature article titled, “Was Einstein Wrong? A Quantum Threat to Special Relativity“. Being a bit of a science geek and lover of controversy, I had to read it. The article discussed how quantum mechanics’ concept of entanglement is shaking up the world of physics and has opened [...]