xenoergonomics

Xenoergonomics: The Desk

1. Perch 2. Writing surface 3. Table 4. Drawers 5. Shelves This is the most natural "sitting" po...

Xenoergonomics: Drinking Vessels

Humans have very nimble lips compared to yinrih. We are capable of making an airtight seal with o...

Shoes

Yinrih are not accustomed to wearing shoes. They find the loss of tactile information unpleasant....

Xenoergonomics: Vehicle Cockpit

The operator lies on his back in the chair and grips the keyers in his paws. Analog controls are ...

Paw Coverings

The yinrih's hatred for footwear truly knows no bounds. Hot pavement? Make concrete with a very h...

Ladder Wells

Going up, analog style. Since yinrih are arboreal, climbing is second nature to them. While stair...

Yinrih Wallet

Yinrih often wear a pocketed band around the right foreleg that serves as a wallet and coin purse...

Mech Cockpit

Here's a mech cockpit. The forward seat is for the pilot, who drives the mech and handles main we...

Yinrih Backpack

Here's a yinrih wearing a backpack. He wasn't supposed to be so chubby but eh. There are LOTS of ...

Backpack take 2

I think I'll keep the other picture up just to show progress, but the legs and tail were really b...

Ear Guards on a Healer's Cloak

Here's a possible solution for how the ears would be protected with a healer's cloak. Draping clo...

Another Ear Guard Design

This one holds the cloth above the ears and allows the ears to swivel.

HUD Specs and Earpiece

Here's some HUD specs and an earpiece for audio output. The HUD specs use a minimal, mostly text-...

Drinking Bowl

Here's a typical drinking bowl design. A flat bottom to allow it to rest on a tabletop, a flange ...

Another Tail Gesture Ring Design

A slightly modified tail gesture ring design. This time done in Plasticity rather than Blender. P...

Some Pictures

A musical instrument played by the tail. A spacer terraboo.

Xenoergonomics: A Bottle of Nose Balm

OK, let's wash that digital abomination out of our brains with an attempt at visual art by a huma...

Sketch of a Yinrih Bathroom

1. curtain 2. washing pool 3. dirty area 4. tiled floor designed for tactile aesthetics 5. perche...

Paw keyer

I've shown a couple images of HUD specs. Now here's the input to go with the output. The keyer pr...

YSO (Yinrih Standards Organization)

The standard direction for vulpithecine screw threads is reversed compared to humans. It's counte...

Vertical Treadmill

If humans are natural distance runners and running/jogging is a common form of exercise, that it ...

Torpor alcoves

I've moved the wiki off of Cloudflare. It may take a bit for me to get it back up. The wiki itsel...

Xenoergonomics: Spacer's Canteen

Sticking with the spacers, here's my solution for monkey foxes drinking in zero gravity. Humans ...

Xenoergonomics: Tail Gesture Ring

In addition to keyers, the yinrih use tail gesture rings as computer input devices. The ring is w...

HUD Specs Render

Here's a render of a pair of HUD specs. They work similar to Google glass. They're designed to si...