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We forget exactly when we became the slaves of computers. Until a few years ago we got information from the Internet by using stationary computers. They sat on a table while everything around them, humans included, moved with relative flexibility.不知从何时起，我们沦为电脑的奴隶。就在几年前，我们还在用台式机来从互联网上获取信息。它们被放置在桌上，而包括人在内的周遭一切则都围着它转。But as smartphones and tablets — computers developed for their mobility — become more common in our lives, they’re changing not just the way we communicate with other people, but the way our bodies relate to our surroundings.但如今智能手机与便携式平板电脑在日常生活中日益普及，它们不仅改变了人与人之间的沟通方式，也改变了我们的身体与周围环境互动的方式。 Steelcase, a US office furniture manufacturer, has caught on to this trend, which is proving especially popular at work. The company realized that its product designs would need to adapt to new mobile-enabled workplaces. So it conducted a study of office workers — 2,000 of them across 11 countries — to see how they relate to the many devices they now rely on to get their work done.美国办公家具制造商Steelcase公司因为紧随这一趋势，而格外受到职场人士的欢迎。这家公司意识到自己的产品设计需要满足办公环境的移动性需求。于是他们邀请了来自全球11个国家的2000名上班族参与一项研究，想借此探寻他们是如何利用众多办公设备来完成工作的。 Through observations, interviews and snapshots of people at work, Steelcase concluded that the way we compute is changing the way we sit. The company identified nine new postures we had never seen before, all of which are “driven by this new breed of devices”.通过对他们工作情形的观察、访谈和拍照，Steelcase公司总结出这样的结论：我们使用电脑的方式正在改变着我们的坐姿。同时该公司也盘点出九种我们从未见过的全新姿势，它们都随着全新电子产品的面世应运而生。 The draw向后倚靠 The often-seen “lean back” experience of tablet reading, done in a chair. This posture requires good back support from a chair, especially for the head and neck.人们常常会坐在椅子上“向后依靠”着使用平板电脑。这种姿势需要椅子给予背部尤其是头颈部良好的支撑。 The multi-device多元设备 You’re using your laptop and your phone at the same time. This requires good arm rests, provided by either tabletop or chair.你需要同时使用笔记本电脑和手机时，需要桌面或椅子提供一个舒适的扶手。 The text短信输入 You’re sitting at your desk, using your handheld device to read, e-mail and, yes, te