[18943] in Athena Bugs
re: ergonomics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (oliver thomas)
Mon May 7 17:02:14 2001
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From: "oliver thomas" <othomas@MIT.EDU>
To: "Michael B Taylor" <mbt@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 17:01:46 -0400
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Michael,
Many thanks for your suggestion. We have been struggling with having to
strike a balance between ergonomics and cost in cluster furniture and
workstation configuration for a long time now. There is often no way to
meet the ergonomic needs of a spectrum of users without moving to fully
adjustable furniture, the cost of which proves to be prohibitive.
We do have adjustable height workstations in some of the clusters
(W20-575 and 12-182). You may also be interested in looking at some of
the ergonomic solutions we are currently testing in the 4-167 Athena
cluster. It holds equipment we are evaluating in cooperation with MIT's
ATIC lab, and we'd love to get your opinions on it. Please send your
comments to suggest@mit.edu.
Feedback like yours will be very helpful in our decision making process
for future cluster deployments and workstation selection.
Cheers,
Oliver Thomas
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athena-rcc group othomas@mit.edu
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