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Anthropometrics and Ergonomics

The document discusses the differences between anthropometrics and ergonomics. Anthropometrics refers to the measurement of the human body, which designers use to create ergonomic products that fit human proportions. Ergonomics involves designing products that are easy and comfortable for humans to use based on their physical abilities and limitations. Videos are provided as resources to learn more about how anthropometric data is used to design ergonomic products like cars.

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Anthropometrics and Ergonomics

The document discusses the differences between anthropometrics and ergonomics. Anthropometrics refers to the measurement of the human body, which designers use to create ergonomic products that fit human proportions. Ergonomics involves designing products that are easy and comfortable for humans to use based on their physical abilities and limitations. Videos are provided as resources to learn more about how anthropometric data is used to design ergonomic products like cars.

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Anthropometrics and Ergonomics

For your exam you maybe asked about Ergonomics and


Anthropometrics. You need to understand the difference
between the two terms.
Task: Watch the film below to find out more about ergonomics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=LAKlmdMHpdE

Task: Write your own definition of


what is ergonomics. How are you
going to remember what this
means for your exam?
Anthropometrics
Anthropometrics is all about measurements of the human body.
Designers need this information to produce products that are ergonomic.
If we did not have this data everything we used would not be the correct
size and shape.

Task: Watch at least one of these films,


the first one shows how you can take
body measurements to design the
inside of a car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjY_s
KSSrL8
This film talks about Anthropometry and
is a little more detailed in the
explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37YY5W
4dJ4A
To summarise
Ergonomics is about the Anthropometrics is the
relationship between the science of using body
human and the product. Is measurements to make a
the product easy to use product feel comfortable and
easy to use.
and comfortable? Is it
ergonomic?

Task: Design a new product that you don’t think is ergonomic using
anthropometric data.

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