Humanscale OfficeIQ and the Internet of Things
Humanscale has always been one of the industry’s “vision driven” companies. As a longtime leading provider of “ergonomic” products intended to help workers avoid work related injuries, the company has gradually broadened its focus to include a more general and inclusive “health-centered” approach. At NeoCon 2015, Humanscale launched OfficeIQ, a hardware/software system that can help companies monitor actual utilization of its several sit/stand products. Using occupancy and height sensor technology from a lightweight, portable box positioned on or under the work surface, OfficeIQ provides companies with sit/stand utilization data across teams or departments or entire work locations. Individual employees may opt-in to receive real time feedback on their personal utilization of the sit/stand features, encouraging them to change, move and make healthy choices throughout the day. The software even calculates incremental calorie burn using an algorithm based on scientific measurements of the calorie burning differences between sitting and standing. …
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