Navigation Links
Project focuses on physical stresses caused by multi-touch electronic devices
Date:6/8/2010

PHOENIX, Ariz. The evolution of computer systems has freed us from keyboards and now is focusing on multi-touch systems, those finger flicking, intuitive and easy to learn computer manipulations that speed the use of any electronic device from cell phones to iPads. But little is known about the long-term stresses on our bodies through the use of these systems.

Now, a team of researchers led by Kanav Kahol of Arizona State University is engaged in a project to determine the effects of long-term musculoskeletal stresses multi-touch devices place on us. The team, which includes computer interaction researchers, kinesiologists and ergonomic experts from ASU and Harvard University, also are developing a tool kit that could be used by designers when they refine new multi-touch systems.

"When we use our iPhone or iPad, we don't naturally think that it might lead to a musculoskeletal disorder," said Kahol, an assistant professor in ASU's Department of Biomedical Informatics. "But the fact is it could, and we don't even know it. We are all part of a large experiment. Multi-touch systems might be great for usability of a device, but we just don't know what it does to our musculoskeletal system."

As we move towards a world where human-computer interaction is based on various body movements that are not well documented or studied we face serious and grave risk of creating technology and systems that may lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), Kahol said.

Many of today's multi-touch systems have no consideration of eliminating gestures that are known to lead to MSDs, or eliminating gestures that are symptomatic of a patient population, Kahol said. This project supported by a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation aims to develop best practices and standards for interactions that are safe and cause minimal user stress while allowing users to fully benefit from the new levels of immersion that multi-touch interac
'/>"/>

Contact: Skip Derra
skip.derra@asu.edu
480-965-4823
Arizona State University
Source:Eurekalert  

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related biology news :

1. LaserCard Corporation Announces Expansion of Middle East Project
2. UD leads $5.3-million research project on rice epigenetics
3. RSC Project Prospect scoops prestigious award
4. UD leads $5.3-million research project on rice epigenetics
5. USC biomedical team to participate in $6 million low vision project
6. Green alga genome project catalogs carbon capture machinery
7. USDA Cooperative Agreement funds mosquito project at Rutgers
8. Life-saving clean water project secures $13M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
9. UW launches cutting-edge DNA fin-printing project for salmon
10. BIO-key(R) PocketCop(R) Project Leading the Nation According to Televised Report
11. Are current projections of climate change-impacts on biodiversity misleading?
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
Related Image:
Project focuses on physical stresses caused by multi-touch electronic devices
(Date:5/16/2013)... (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced ... (ENDO) 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA ... to promote the entry of students, postdoctorates and ... the basic science community and to encourage the ... Annual Meeting. , Awards are given to poster/platform ...
(Date:5/16/2013)... decades, scientists have used ancient shorelines to predict the stability ... of a high shoreline from three million years ago, for ... were thought to be evidence of a high sea ... assumption has led many scientists to think that if the ... may do just the same in our modern, progressively warming ...
(Date:5/16/2013)... layer lining the body,s blood vessels, is extremely ... thickness, this super-tenuous structure routinely withstands blood flow, ... a unique and highly dynamic barrier that maintains ... body,s circulatory system. , It,s also extremely adaptable. ... breached to enable immune cells to reach ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):World's biggest ice sheets likely more stable than previously believed 2Endothelium, heal thyself 2Endothelium, heal thyself 3Endothelium, heal thyself 4
... Maj. Gen. (ret) Dale Meyerrose,Chief Information Officer, ... the plenary session and Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary ... invited to address the Information Assurance community as ... committee of leaders in the federal IA community ...
... to be good, but sometimes its better to be lucky. ... University in St. Louis, had just completed a census of ... the great flood of 1993 deluged the area, putting the ... provided Sexton with a rare opportunity: His collected data and ...
... Engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed tools to help ... stem cell research how to quickly test stem cell ... a large supply of healthy, viable stem cells to study ... created methods to study millions of stems cells on devices ...
Cached Biology News:Ecologist finds dire devastation of snake species following floods of '93, '95 2Ecologist finds dire devastation of snake species following floods of '93, '95 3Ecologist finds dire devastation of snake species following floods of '93, '95 4Putting stem cell research on the fast track 2Putting stem cell research on the fast track 3Putting stem cell research on the fast track 4
(Date:5/17/2013)... transplant recipient,s immune system identifies the transplanted organ as ... that T cells, the immune cells that mediate rejection, ... in order to migrate to the transplanted organ. In ... , Fadi Lakkis and colleagues at the University of ... T cells is not required for migration. Instead, these ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... The new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Photonics established ... annual meeting drew praise from community leaders from SPIE ... the action “a huge step forward … a lasting ... , The Board of Stakeholders voted to approve in ... its 29 April meeting in Brussels, which was sponsored ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... , May 17, 2013  Cellular Biomedicine Group ... 50% enrollment of the total projected enrollment required ... safety and preliminary efficacy of the medical technology ... Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA). To date the trial has ... The Phase I open label clinical research ...
(Date:5/17/2013)...  Insero Health, Inc., a company developing natural compounds ... neurological disorders, is today reporting top-line results from a ... patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.  The data are being presented ... meeting by Dr. Steven Schachter , ... Advisory Board.  In this study, INS001 appeared safe and ...
Breaking Biology Technology:SPIE Joins in Praise for ‘Huge Step Forward’ for Innovation R&D Enabled by Photonics21 Actions 2SPIE Joins in Praise for ‘Huge Step Forward’ for Innovation R&D Enabled by Photonics21 Actions 3Cellular Biomedicine Group Achieves 50% Enrollment Milestone in Phase I Clinical Trial for Knee Osteoarthritis 2Insero Health Reports Positive Data on Phase I Trial of Novel Therapy for Drug-resistant Epilepsy 2
... is now using radio frequency identification (RFID) software from ... largest manufacturer of cordless telephones. , ,RFID mandates set ... the supply chain management technology, according to Catalyst. The ... RFID technology into its supply chain environment. , ...
... Wis. - One week before Badger football begins its ... have found a new way to demonstrate their school spirit. ... ones with high-powered microscopes. , ,Last month a team of ... "NanoBucky", an image of the university's mascot made of nanofiber ...
... have a rare opportunity to define public discourse over ... about the emerging technology, a University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism ... public is not going to come to you. You ... make it available where people look," says Dietram Scheufele, ...
Cached Biology Technology:Nanotechnology minimizes UW's beloved mascot 2UW study examines public attitudes on nanotechnology 2
Request Info...
... Features Provides a buffered anti-freeze ... , Maintains a liquid, low viscosity ... of conjugate is necessary and sampling is ... anti-microbial growth during long-term storage Protect ...
Request Info...
... Tecans GenePaint system, which is based on ... steps required for performing in situ hybridization of ... key step in the study of gene expression, ... cells and tissues and can be used to ...
Biology Products: