Johan Ullman is a Swedish

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, and

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. Ullman was born on March 14, 1953 in

Hallstavik Hallstavik is a locality situated in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 4,476 inhabitants in 2010. The town is famous for its papermill and the Speedway team Rospiggarna. The modern Hallstavik An established project organ ...

, Sweden to civil engineer Uddo Ullman, and Barbro Stenkulla. He grew up in

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, and received his medical degree from the

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, and his specialist degree in anaesthesia and intensive care at the

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. Ullman has developed a number of inventions, first and foremost related to ergonomics, injury prevention, medical technology, work environment and IT. In 1996, at

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, Ullman developed a method for measuring exposure to human whole-body impact on board high-speed boats. Today, the method is used internationally. This project was however cancelled as it "risked to result in commercial outputs", since some new technologies that Ullman had developed were shown to reduce shock exposure. US Navy - SOCOM and

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invited Ullman to continue his research in the US. Johan Ullman is, in 2013 responsible for

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(human factors), and injury prevention at HSBO Pro, a group of experts in design and acquisition of high speed boats, which also stages the HSBO Forum, a biannual international networking event for professionals in the high-speed work boat community.

Inventions

Examples of some inventions within IT and telecom are: *''

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/ headset'' for

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s, both wireless and wired. This wireless headset, developed at the Ericsson Mobile lab in Lund, Sweden, gave birth to the

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technology according to two inventions, presented in 1989, and 1992 . *''"Keylock-function"'' for mobile phones and ''"Delay-function"'', where you have to press and hold the on/off key for one second in order to activate. This is today a standard feature on most mobile phones and computers world-wide. Both features were created to prevent unintentional activation. *''

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'' was initially developed to enable elderly with impaired hearing to hear different frequencies. Other examples of ideas and inventions challenging standards and traditions are: *''Ullman Chair'' (UllmanStolen), office chairs which allow variation of sitting position among those spontaneously chosen as most comfortable. *''Ullman Keyboard'', a split

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for computers, was displayed in the permanent exhibition at Design Museum in London for more than 10 years. *''Ullman Steering system'', a steering bar steering system, which improves manoeuvrability and control of high speed boats. Since late 90s this steering system is the standard in both the Swedish Coast Guard's and the Swedish Sea Rescue Institution's 8-9m boats. *''Ullman Boat Seats'', suspension seats specially developed for high speed boats, and based on Ullman's scientific work. Ullman Seats are exported to more than 65 countries and is standard in the

Swedish Coast Guard The Swedish Coast Guard ( sv, Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with: * maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea. * co-ordinate the civil ...

Swedish Sea Rescue Society The Swedish Sea Rescue Society ( sv, Sjöräddningssällskapet, SSRS), formally the Swedish Society for the Saving of Shipwrecked Persons ( sv, Svenska Sällskapet för Räddning af Skeppsbrutne) is a Swedish voluntary organisation that works wit ...

as well as in most

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countries. *''Evacuation system for anaesthetic gas.'' *''Moisture Exchanger'' with cough valve for spontaneously breathing patients. *''Snowboard gloves'' *''Skiing gloves'' *''Ullman Mouse'', was developed to solve the mouse arm problem. This invention utilises fine-motoric muscles and movement patterns, just like when using a normal pen. This reduces the static load on exposed muscle groups. The invention was first published in 2002 by Ullman Technology AB. In 2003, the company was seized by a

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firm, Gylling Invest AB, which changed the company name to Penclic AB. The product was renamed Penclic Mouse. The capture of the company, and the invention has been featured on Swedish national TV,

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(Mission Scrutiny) and other media. The case has also been subject to debates in the

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, as well as in academic reports.
"Kill The Inventor" En konsekvensanalys av manschettbrottslighet
', University of Linkoeping, Lise-Lotte Palmgren, 2011

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