If you find long-haul flights in the Economy cabin excruciating, take some comfort: you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The industry\u2019s designers fly long-haul Economy too, and they\u2019re not immune to the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One designer, however, has taken his inspiration from human anatomy to reduce the pressure which builds up in the body during very long-haul flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Hinges to Spines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n White began drafting up his concept of a Twister seat with articulating rib structures pivoting on a central spine both on the seat back and on the bottom, which allow the seat to shift its shape as the body does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe real breakthrough of the idea was that all previous seats were based on, essentially, a series of hinges,\u201d says Adam White, director of Factorydesign. \u201cThe backrest would hinge back, the footrest would hinge up. But my observation was that I\u2019ve got a spine, which means I twist and turn one way and another. By putting a spine into the seat, it allows the freedom of movement, twists and turns, without creating pressure points. If you cross your legs, you get very strong pressure point under your thigh at the edge of the seat. In a Twister seat, the seat twists down at that point, and relieves pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many teens after a Pectus Excavatum surgery spend majority of their recovery period sitting in recliners. This chair was designed for long-term seating in airplanes and adjusts to each person’s movements. One might consider taking similar design elements from this chair and implementing it into a recliner for postoperation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" View original article here Marisa Garcia If you find long-haul flights in the Economy cabin excruciating, take some comfort: you\u2019re not alone. The industry\u2019s designers fly long-haul Economy too, and they\u2019re not immune to the pain. One designer, however, has taken his inspiration from human anatomy to reduce the pressure which builds up in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,22],"tags":[199,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-1347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-science-tech-featured","7":"category-science-tech","8":"tag-chair","9":"tag-comfort"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions\/1350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/twister-rear-assem.jpg\")
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