by officePROhub.com on 04/09/2012 - 07:09 pm
Beware office workers! The computer monitor that scolds you for slouching
By Ted Thornhill - Daily Mail UK
As if keeping your boss happy wasn’t tough enough – now there’s a computer monitor you need to keep satisfied, too.
Philips has introduced a new monitor called the ErgoSensor designed to ‘promote a healthier and productive workplace’ – and it does this by telling you off if you slouch.
The sensor is embedded in the monitor, where a webcam lens might normally sit, and will advise users to adjust their sitting position if it slips from an acceptable standard.
Smart: The ErgoSensor also monitors how far you are from it, tells you to take a break and powers down when you nip off for a coffee
The company’s website explains that the monitor will give ‘corrective feedback on optimal viewing distance and ergonomic neck angle’.
What’s more, when you do trot off for a coffee and a KitKat, it’ll automatically sense your absence and power down.
Philips estimates that this function alone counts for an energy saving of 80 per cent.
What’s more, 65 per cent of the device is made from recycled materials.
Swedish firm Tobii, meanwhile, has created computers that can be controlled by where your eye looks on th...
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Ordning & Reda's existing stores are all located centrally in big cities. But while each store has uniform decor and expression, reflecting the “simple” style the brand is renowned for, each store also has its own local characteristic, adapted to the market and the specific location.
Lars Moller Nielsen, MD, of Ordning & Reda, says the Rome store (above) is located in one of the older parts of the city, so the shop has bowed walls and uneven floors. In contrast, the Prague store (below) is in a brand new modern shopping centre with bright lighting and high ceilings.
Nielsen always takes a personal interest in the design and decor of each new store opened. This is partly so that he can be well acquainted with the new stores, but it is also part of the chain's overall strategy for shop design, which is clearly easier to implement if a single central person is part of the process every time.For its first airport store, the chain formed a franchise partnership with NK Stockholm opened its first own store at Arlanda. "In the future, Ordning & Reda wants to open more own stores at locations such as airports or popular tourist attractions such as Tivoli, where we have had a store since April,” says Nielsen. “As a designer chain, we want to locate at sites where customers expect to find us. Either because they want to buy a gift to take home, or because they want to treat themselves with some special design."
Ordning & Reda is growing and looking to increase its store numbers further - but Nielsen says the company is very selective with regard to location."We don't want to spread ourselves too much; we'd rather concentrate on having our own stores in good cities with the right customer-base and then supplement with locations such as airports. Furthermore we're looking to have Ordning & Reda outlets as a shop-in-shop concept, similar to the outlet we have in the Magasin department store in Copenhagen. We are currently negotiating with promising chains of department stores in Canada, Switzerland and France."He believes that strategy will underpin Ordning & Reda’s brand image as “an affordable, honest, and reliable luxury brand”.
Above is one of the chain's older stores, in Stockholm, photographed during the 2011 Westfield World Retail Study Tour. Meanwhile, the new online store has been designed to make the brand's goods accessible by people in countries where there are not yet Ordning & Reda stores. Today the chain has more than 40 outlets in 14 countries throughout the world.
Lindsey, now 39, also sustained a couple of injuries that limited her mobility and made it harder for her to take part in sports she enjoyed, such as softball.
Powered by a single USB cable, the imageFORMULA P-215 can scan up to 15 pages per minute and capture both sides of a document in a single pass. The scanner incorporates an automatic document feeder that is capable of handling up to 20 sheets, saving valuable time when scanning documents containing multiple pages.
High quality scanning is ensured with an optical resolution up to 600dpi and advanced image processing features such as auto page size detection, de-skew, auto text orientation and colour detection. The new portable scanner also comes with a variety of powerful software applications, such as CaptureOnTouch, that offers improved image processing and for scanning to multiple file formats such as PDF, PDF/A, TIFF, JPEG and PowerPoint. PageManager (Mac) and PaperPort (PC) together with BizCard software help to maintain efficient file management of digitalised documents, making the P-215 scanner a truly powerful, portable and effective scanning solution.
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