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Humanscale, the Classic Design Tool, Gets a Second Life (wired.com)
111 points by rexercises on Aug 25, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments



The reference manual itself is fascinating:

http://design.data.free.fr/RUCHE/documents/Ergonomie%20Henry...


Thank you for finding that. It really is fascinating. Mind you most of the numbers need updating :-)

U.S. 50. %tile weight is now 194.7 lb not 161.9 lb and I suspect that the 97.5 %tile is even worse (but a cursory search didn't find any data).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_weight#By_country


Amazing - thanks.

I thought the reliability statistics for the different dial types was fascinating.


This reminds me of this article

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230287

How in WWII a statistician noticed there are no average sized humans and the dangers of building for a mythical average.


Available for pre-order but neither the article, nor the product's website, has a ship date estimate.


The Kickstarter says December 2017.


omg - THATS what that double-tap feature was for?!? i always thought it was a bug.


What are the units?


The FAQ on the Kickstarter page says it has both metric and imperial units.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iacollaborative/reissue...


Looks like inches, feet, and pounds




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