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Sun and others (Sun et al., 2014) report on a wristwatch prototype which records heart rate and skin temperature. A significant number of people working in information technology (IT) sector spend a lot of time using computers. Maria and Munipriya (Maria & Munipriya, 2011) report the following work-related health problems in this population: fatigue, back pain, upper-body pain, eye strain, hand or wrist pain, neck pain, watery eyes, redness or burning sensation or itching in eyes, and soreness in hand or arm. Posture, time spent in front of a computer without any break, brightness, contrast, positioning, height, and width of the monitor, and position of the computer user’s chair are relevant to the health of IT professionals. A system for monitoring and evaluating gestures and postures of IT professionals using web cameras fixed to their desktops/laptops, and displaying warning messages on desktops/laptops is proposed in (Maria & Munipriya, 2011).