Berlin: Getting back pain from sitting still for too long or in a bad position could be a thing of the past, thanks to a chair developed by a German scientist.
Risto Koiva invented the ‘Intelli Chair' after researching ‘sonification' — the use of noise to convey information — with his colleagues at Bielefeld University in northwestern Germany.
"Four touch-sensitive sensors in the seat of the chair and another four in the back of the chair detect how the user is sitting," Koiva said.
If the chair detects that its occupant is sitting in the wrong position or has remained seated for too long, it makes a noise to tell the user it is time to change position.
