Ergonomics - the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a physical system. The theories, principles, data, and methods learned from this understanding are applied to design and engineering in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.

GripSwell was founded upon the belief that our hands are our most important interface to our world and the activities of life. They are our tools used to manipulate the world that surrounds us, and what better way to increase human efficiency and performance than to ergonomically align these tools with the world at hand.