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August 9, 2006
Medical care is intended to help. Instead it can harm. Recent research shows medical errors are still a major concern. It provides new insight into reasons and possible remedies.
August 7, 2006
Portable and affordable, a Braille-writing device invented by undergraduates could enhance the lives of millions of blind people around the world.
August 4, 2006
It may have reached the point where cell phones couldn't possibly be smaller or more laden with "bells and whistles," and the price appears to be usability.
August 2, 2006
The University of Massachusetts, Lowell, is the recipient of a $5 million grant to fund center promoting health in the New England workplace.
August 2, 2006
As an act of faith in smart card technology, one manufacturer is breaking new ground by combining security with ergonomic design in the same computer keyboard.
July 31, 2006
On November 7 ergonomics-minded election authorities could prevent a nationwide polling debacle like the "hanging chads" election of 2000.
July 28, 2006
There appears to be a score of good reason for pulling up concrete sidewalks and replacing them with rubber pavement, and one of them has ergonomic benefits.
July 26, 2006
A recent study shows physical fitness -- and smoking -- can be useful predictors of an occupational disorder.
July 24, 2006
New research reveals that medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States. An ergonomic approach to the problem would be to look at human error as a symptom, not the cause.