Word: bhan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last semester, Ishir Bhan '96 began noticing a pain in his wrists which developed after he had been typing at his computer keyboard for a few hours or more, forcing him to stop frequently to rest...
This semester, thanks to the purchase of a new keyboard equipped with a wrist rest and specially designed to allow for more natural wrist movements, Bhan's pain hardly ever recurs. And Bhan, who is co-president of Digitas, a students group focusing on emerging technologies spends about five hours per day on his computer, between logging onto the student network and working on papers...
...Bhan's symptoms were never diagnosed by aphysician. Davis and Roach were both diagnosedwith tendonitis. The three share symptoms ofdisorders which physicians say are on the rise incomputer users, including students, and others whoperform repetitive tasks involving the wrists andhands...
...Ishir Bhan '96, co-president of Digitas, sayshe thinks students will cooperate more as use ofthe network increases. He also expects theUniversity's library system to shift from arepository for books to a repository forinformation...
...Until now, most of our information has beenstored in books, but I think that's changing asthe computer becomes a more convenient way foraccessing information," Bhan says...