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June 12, 2006
A good night's sleep is widely underrated despite study after study that links sleep deprivation with poor judgment and performance on the job.
June 6, 2006
Among a string of recent lawsuits brought in Arkansas against the poultry industry, there's an unremarkable suit that promises to become a cautionary case study for forensic ergonomists.
June 6, 2006
The 'Ergonomic Violin' (EV) recently earned industrial design graduate Tricia Ho the Gold Australian Design Award - Dyson Student Award respectively at the 2006 Australian Design Awards.
June 3, 2006
A breakdown in communications is a factor ergonomists find often in dysfunctional workplaces.
June 1, 2006
Alion Science and Technology announced that it has acquired Boulder, CO, based Micro Analysis & Design (MA&D), a company well known in the human factors engineering (ergonomics) community.
May 30, 2006
There are 6,290,470 references in Google to multitasking, and almost that many opinions on whether it is counterproductive or the greatest time-management aid since the wristwatch.
May 28, 2006
If anyone ever inaugurates an ergonomics "hall of shame," automated phone response systems are certain to be prize exhibits.
May 24, 2006
If an idea attributed to Airbus in April ever flies, there will be both "seats" and seats in economy class.
May 24, 2006
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - often called "economy class syndrome" - has been connected to long-distance travel since the 1950s.