Project e-slate | Ergonomics Intervention in Traditional Brick Kiln activity


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Creator/Artist: Prof. G. G. Ray

Category: Interction Design & Ergonomics

Source: India,   IDC

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Pdf


Detailed Description

The Project e-slate was developed by Prof. G.G. Ray. The aim is to promote self-learning by having fun with a handheld computer for the daycare home of toddlers whose parents are working as migrant construction workers. The application will have five different sections: • Initial Preparation: This section covers pattern recognition, basic colour concepts, basic geometric forms, right/left, up/down, above/below, inside/outside, and so on. • Main alphabets: This section discusses Swarabarna and Banjanbarna pattern recognition, as well as their writing strokes. •'Barakhadi’ : This section deals with the use of ‘Matras’ (swarabarna) adjacent to the Banjanbarna. •'Anka’ (Mathematics) : This portion deals with the numerical characters and their meaning with suitable examples. • "Goshthi Katha": A section describing story telling based on Indian children's stories, including Ishap's. The Ergonomics Intervention in Traditional Brick Kiln Activity Project by Prof. G.G. Ray attempts to address the drudgery of the workers engaged in traditional brick kiln. There are all together six different stages in traditional brick making namely, 1) Soil preparation and mud making, 2) Brick moulding, 3) Transfer of raw bricks to the kiln, 4) Stacking of raw bricks for firing, 5) Firing of raw bricks, 6) Removal of fired (red) bricks from the kiln. The objective of the project is to improve human efficiency, safety, and occupational health by innovating new concepts in tools and methods. It is observed that to make a final red brick from raw earth, a male worker needs an average of 4 min and 7 kcal of human energy, while those for a female worker are about 5 min and 10 kcal, respectively.