Presented by Daniel Toriola
Ergonomics is basically the science of design that is tailored to fit the requirements of a human and the task
they need to perform. For example, many people have to sit for many hours a day, which can cause pain when
sitting in a bad posture.
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Ergonomic Products - For Stress Free Life
By Cathy Peterson
According to the definition given by International Ergonomics Association in 2000, Ergonomics is
the scientific discipline which is concerned mainly with the understanding of interactions among
humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data, and
methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. The person
who takes Ergonomics as the profession is called an Ergonomist.
Design Principles:
Ergonomists mainly uses the principles of psychology, industrial engineering, biometrics and even
bioinformatics up to an extent. They use all these principles to design various ergonomic products.
These ergonomic products mainly vary by depending upon physical strengths and weaknesses of the
people who are targeted while designing them. These products also depend upon the response time
which people normally take to react to various types of incidents and the amount of stress which they
can bear. The ergonomic products range from the handle of a toothbrush to the flight deck of the space
shuttle.
While designing the ergonomic products, ergonomists view the target audience and the product that
they have to develop as a single unit. Then the design goes in a way such that they can really blend
the best abilities of the people and machines to provide some very useful ergonomic products.
Ergonomists frequently use two- or three-dimensional mannequins that represent particular di