Posts tagged with ‘Human Factors’

  • Prevention is better than cure

    At the end of last month, Alton Towers released a report stating that the incident on 2nd June, in which…

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  • New standard for usability in medical devices

    In February, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published IEC 62366-1:2015, Medical devices – Part 1: Application of usability engineering to…

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  • Not quite human enough: exploring the uncanny valley

    From the day we’re born, we orientate towards faces and look for human-like qualities in everything around us. We’re attracted…

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  • Celebrating ergonomic design

    After much deliberation by a distinguished line up of judges over the four high quality shortlisted entries, the CIEHF’s Ergonomics…

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  • Where does human factors fit in?

    As often publicised, the nuclear industry is feared by the British public because of the association with the harm caused…

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  • Drop the scatter gun: planning human factors efforts

    As ergonomists and human factors experts are called on more and more to tackle large-scale projects in industries such as…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Healthcare Icon - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Hunt’s plans for the NHS have a human factors flavour

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  • Southern Regional Group visit to air traffic control centre

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