SEU CEE - Presentation Dr. Patrick Kuenzler, Limbic Life
From brain research to the workplace - What brain research and body intelligence have to do with CAD
This is the dawn of a new era, where neuroscience is starting to have a great impact on our lives.
We will be discussing how we developed Limbic Chair, showing its neuroscience background, why having fun is more efficient at work, and the practical and medical impact Limbic Chair can have at the workplace.
And of course also how to use your body for computer inputs for better efficiency and health.
Neuroscience research shows that we should use our legs to move and rotate objects in CAD and to move ourselves in VR. What sounds like common sense – our hands are designed to do complex, precise work and are connected to some very advanced brain regions – has finally been put into practice.
We are presenting Limbic Chair, a “chair”-like solution for increasing your efficiency, health and wellbeing. We developed it at MIT based on several years of applied neuroscience research.
Limbic Chair allows you to sit balanced and straight effortlessly. Micromovements support your spine and keep it healthy, while larger, intentional thigh movements are being tracked by 5 sensors and transmitted to your computer to let you do any function you like. Any.
Now you can zoom, scroll, rotate in CAD and in 2D using your body. This is good, gentle exercise (like walking slowly, you can do it all day without breaking a sweat) and it takes stress off your hands.
The clever thing is that very simple, ancient brain regions can do the ‘stupid’ things on your computer now, zooming, scrolling, while your ‘smart’, modern brain can focus on what’s important.
Another great application is VR: Fly using the chair while staying at your desk. It’s hands-free, so you can actually use your hands for the work you are supposed to do in VR. No more falling, no more tripping, no more artificial boundaries, no more of all that.