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Originally Posted by classyfast

Sounds good, but ergonomic aids like this only weaken muscles and teach folks to relay on support devices. What they should do for their workers is invest in nutrition and physical health programs for their folks, Americans are already typically overweight and less physical than generations before, this to me encourages that.

Now if you have a corrective ergonomic device which stops somebody with pressure points or physical alert parameters from doing something like lifting incorrectly, I'm all for it as a teaching device. That's about it.

..I cant help but think this is a means to data track movements placed where there is still human interaction within production for ultimate replacement by automation... hard to believe this a means to find ways to add the human element to the production...