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Vibrating/Auditory Carpal Tunnel Alarm

Vibrating pad mounted to desk, chair that warns users of carpal tunnel/muscle injury risk
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A pressure sensitive pad or cushion that warms with body heat. When the heat or pressure reach a certain point, the pad vibrates or sounds a gentle alarm that reminds the user to change position or take a break to avoid repetitive stress injury and carpal tunnel.
naveline, Jul 15 2000

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       You could add a little voice-synthesizer chip that says, "Get up from that desk and get a life!"
Ander, Jul 26 2000
  

       As I understand it, one can avoid this affliction by adopting correct finger and wrist positioning (or so a piano teacher once had me believe). What we need is a keyboard with little metal antennae on the side that will whip you across the knuckles if you get out of posture.
centauri, Mar 15 2001
  

       You could personalise it so it looks like The Penguin from The Blues Brothers.
UnaBubba, Mar 15 2001
  

       A forward-thinking operating-system vendor could come out with an OS which (by default as shipped) forces you to take a short break several times a day. The operating system would disable the mouse and keyboard, and blank the screen (perhaps with a pleasant blue color to remind you to go outdoors). It would enforce a period of rest and idleness before allowing you to resume your work.
wiml, Mar 15 2001
  

       There are plenty of software programs that will do this after a certain amount of typing activity. Why would you need a separate device?
egnor, Mar 16 2001
  

       wiml, this is very funny, thank you. Now if only we knew what those cryptic error codes actually mean.
UnaBubba, Mar 16 2001
  

       The error codes are your cover for when your boss asks why you're not working.
beauxeault, Mar 16 2001
  
      
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