This study objective show if the furniture university are according anthropometric characteristics of user.

This paper describes work in progress concerning the development of an integrated approach to hardwood processing. The motivation for this work, research direction, and research developments are presented. MOTIVATION The development of an integrated approach to hardwood processing is motivated by three main factors. Firstly, hardwood timber is an economic staple that impacts mainly family-owned...

New Zealand studies have identified up to 96% mismatch between the dimensions of school furniture and student body size. Poor posture in students using school furniture is considered to contribute to the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. This paper describes the development of dynamic furniture designed to be appropriate for the sizes of students in years 1-13 (ages 5-17 years) and condu...

Ming-style furniture, adhering to the excellent traditional Chinese history and culture, is pinnacle of Chinese-style which vividly embodies cultural essence furniture. However, with current popularity smart home products, there are many obstacles for elderly users use products. Voice interaction one main methods The design strategy voice user interface aging products studied improve experience...

Furniture is a set of important tools that enable individuals to perform their actions such as eating-drinking, sleeping, sitting-resting, working, etc., comfortably, and easily in people's daily life. The idea furniture has emerged depending on human needs through time improved diversified economic, social-cultural, technological developments. production products, which consist products have m...

Health technology, according to WHO is the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicine, vaccines, procedures and systems development to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives4. When used in this paper, the term healthcare technology means the different types of devices or equipment used in health facilities. Its encompasses: medical equipment for ...

Wood based panels are composed of wood or other lignocellulosic material broken down into small elements and then reconstituted to form new products using different binders under pressure and heat. Production of wood composites such as particleboard and fiberboard has been constantly increasing in the U.S. for the last 25 years. Both panel products are extensively used as a raw material in the ...

Abstract Pollutants – gases or particles are emitted in indoor air by different sources such as building materials, furniture, occupants and their activities. Spending over 80 % of our time indoors, we directly exposed to substances that potentially harmful health. Through measurements simulation tools, the concentrations these can be evaluated. However, today, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is not t...

The Biologically Inspired Robotics Group (BIRG) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) recently started a project on Modular Robotics for the future Learning Centre of the EPFL: Roombots, Modular Robotics for adaptive and self-organising furniture. It intends to design modular robots for furniture with ability for locomotion, self-assembling, self-organisation, self-reconf...