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  • Reality check: 30 years of developments in a virtual world

    Bob Stone is celebrating 30 years of work in virtual reality, having seen designs mature from cumbersome virtual reality wearable…

  • The Human Connection

    Professor Sarah Sharples, CIEHF president 2015-2016, discusses ‘The Human Connection,’ case studies that demonstrate the value of ergonomics and human…

  • Driving towards acceptance – why young people engage in risky behaviour on the road

    Psychologist Lauren Weston discusses why young people put themselves at risk while driving Young drivers are involved in more road…

  • Surgeon - Healthcare - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors

    Human factors guidance to be developed for patient safety

    The Human Factors Task Group created by the Medicine and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has held its second meeting…

  • A tool for understanding system interactions

    The understanding of the human role in accidents has gone through three stages: • In the classical view, humans were…

  • Designing smart technology to support people with dementia

    Alzminder is an app designed to provide easy to use support for people with dementia. The developers drew on user…

  • Evidence-based design

    Design is rarely a solitary exercise. Despite perceptions brought about and perpetuated by celebrity designers, most products are developed by…

  • The beauty of user centred design

    Bad design is infuriating. It slows us down, annoys us, makes us late and irritated. But good design simply fits.…