Joanna hardin invention ideas

Anyone who uses a computer regularly should know how important it is to pay attention to body and wrist position in order to avoid excessive strain. New York native Joanna Nayer Hardin, known alternatively as “The Computer Lady” or Harlem’s “Computer Diva,” learned how to type in 1966 and was typing regularly on the job by the 1970s.

In 1977, she was Director of Sales Operations for a radio station where she used a computer every day to book commercials.

By the 1980s, she had become intimately familiar with the pain of osteoarthritis, twice losing feeling in her right arm and even unable to walk at one point.

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 The condition may result from extensive wear and tear on joints, with no proper back support and poor positioning while toiling at one’s workstation.

Hardin was accustomed to back, neck, and limb pain. But she got to a point where she couldn’t take it anymore.

With the help of a friend named Bernie Hirschenson, she began working on a solution to her