Posture monitoring and improvement for laptop use

Authors:
Carrie Demmans;Sriram Subramanian;Jon Titus
Affiliations:
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Venue:
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Both Repetitive Stress Injuries and laptop use have increased. The poor ergonomic design of laptops has the potential to create or exacerbate existing RSI. We propose a persuasive Attentive User Interface which provides feedback in order to improve user neck posture. This system measures the angle of the user.s neck and determines the quality of his/her neck posture. We then provide exercises to strengthen the neck and improve the user.s posture. We performed a study which showed an increase in neck comfort among our system.s users. The study demonstrated the potential of our system, which should be further tested.