Technabob » posture http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Spock’S Monitor Location is Illogical http://technabob.com/blog/2010/08/10/spocks-monitor-ergonomic-placement/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/08/10/spocks-monitor-ergonomic-placement/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:30:21 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=37492 Star Trek…. This was made by a commenter on xADAMx‘s blog, after the latter posted the original reminder, which he saw in one of the bathrooms of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Check out the blog to see the original]]> Today’s computer use pro-tip is brought to you by Star Trek.

dont be a spock

This was made by a commenter on xADAMx‘s blog, after the latter posted the original reminder, which he saw in one of the bathrooms of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Check out the blog to see the original picture and to download the high-res pdf version. Work long and proper. Properly? Dammit.

[via Geekologie]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2010/08/10/spocks-monitor-ergonomic-placement/feed/ 0 Gadget Reminds You to Stop Slouching http://technabob.com/blog/2007/08/20/gadget-reminds-you-to-stop-slouching/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/08/20/gadget-reminds-you-to-stop-slouching/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:57:25 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/08/20/gadget-reminds-you-to-stop-slouching/ Do you tend to hunch over whenever you’re working at your computer? This oddity from Japan is designed to help correct this bad behavior by serving up an alert if you’re sitting (or standing?) improperly.

posture bird

All I know is that you wear it around your neck, and when you start to slouch, it’ll correct you with an audible alarm. Why it looks like a bird is anyone’s guess, and I’m just as confused by the Manga girl in the sailor costume on the box.

posture corrector

It’s also got an alarm clock built in, presumably to remind you to take this silly thing off your neck before anyone sees you wearing it.

Compounding the weirdness factor is the $8.43 price tag that DealExtreme has set for this strange gadget.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2007/08/20/gadget-reminds-you-to-stop-slouching/feed/ 0 USB Gadget Reminds You to Watch Your Posture http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/26/usb-gadget-reminds-you-to-watch-your-posture/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/26/usb-gadget-reminds-you-to-watch-your-posture/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:12:03 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/26/usb-gadget-reminds-you-to-watch-your-posture/ If you have a tendency to slouch when working at your computer like I sometimes do, you might want to think about this little gadget that’s been around in Hong Kong for a while, but just now hitting our shore thanks to Chinese gadget exporter, Brando.

visomate posture monitor

The Visomate is a little LED device that plugs into your USB port and keeps watch on the position of your

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