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Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concernerned with designing according to human needs. RSI ( Repetitive Strain Injury occurs if the body shape or size of the object, like a mouse or a keyboard doesnot match the size of the human body. For instance , small phones, with even smaller keypads, make us strain more muscles than abig one while typing out a message. The simple reason is that our thumb is comparatively bigger. Ergonomics is the science that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimise human wellbeing.Keeping in mind the rapid increase in RSI over the past few years, Microsoft has come up with a few ergonomically-friendly keyboards and mouses.