Archive for the ‘Innovations’ Category

Ergonomics Applied Using Pneumatic Lifts

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Workplace ergonomics is a scientific method of planning and rearranging devices, machinery and work stations to make the working environment right and proper for the worker. Consideration of ergonomics in creating an efficient and safe workplace is necessary to avoid task-related and area-related injuries that may cause permanent disability to workers. A workplace innovation where a table installed with Pneumatic Lifts is a good illustration of an ergonomically designed work station.

The concept of a table constructed with Pneumatic Lifts was designed to address a wide range of height and reach of workers. Workers who perform their responsibilities using Pneumatic Lifts Table are shown to have no signs of Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) because they can fully manipulate and adjust their work stations however they prefer. And this ease of manipulation and adjustment lets the worker perform efficiently and comfortably. The full flexibility of a work station installed with Pneumatic Lifts Table provides enough support to the worker’s body especially for task-intensive responsibilities.

Some variations of Pneumatic Lifts Table allow a vast range of tilting positions and even permit rotation of the whole work station. Aside from its ergonomic purposes, intense lifting and tilting is made possible using Pneumatic Lifts Table.

Are the days of the camcorder numbered?

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Video cameras have allowed us to record events and happenings as they happen so that we can watch them again in the future. The older ones were huge, and used full-size tapes to record. Eventually, the cameras became smaller, and the storage media changed as well. From the big tapes to smaller-sized cassettes, to CDs and hard drives, and more recently, memory cards, the decrease in the physical size of storage media have helped make video cameras smaller.

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There is however a new competitor to the video camera and that is the new breed of still cameras. Most digital cameras have had video-recording capabilities for quite some time, but now, the newer ones have high-definition video recording capabilities.

Nikon and Canon lead the charge, with their new SLRs capable of shooting videos at either 720p or even 1080p, and at a respectable average frame rate of about 20 frames per second. Samsung is going to release a phone with a camera that can record HD-video as well.

So, are the days of the video camera numbered? Yes and No. Yes in that sooner or later, all cameras will be able to record HD-video without any problems. No in that it may still take some time before digital still cameras solve all issues like faster focusing and better handling.

Sogox Technology

Monday, October 27th, 2008

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