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merge Ergonomics Human factors is a term used mainly in the United States. In Europe and the rest of the world, the term ergonomics is more prevalent.Human factors is an umbrella term for several areas of research that include human performance, technology, design, and human-computer interaction. It is a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, procedures, and any processes likely to be encountered in the modern world. Human factors practitioners can come from a variety of backgrounds; though predominately they are Psychologists (Cognitive, Perceptual, and Experimental) and Engineers. Designers (Industrial, Interaction, and Graphic), Anthropologists, and Computer Scientists also contribute.Where as ergonomics tends to focus on the anthropometrics for optimal human-machine interaction, human factors is more focused on the cognitive and perceptual factors.Areas of interest for human factors practioners include the following: workload, fatigue, situational awareness, usability, learnability, attention, vigilance, human performance, control and display design, stress, visualization of data, individual differences, aging, accesibility, shift work, work in extreme environments, and human error.Simply put, human factors involves work to make the environment work in a way that seems natural to people. Although the terms human factors and ergonomics have only been widely known in recent times, the field's origin is in the design and use of aircraft during World War II to improve aviation safety.
External links - usernomics.com - Usernomics - Human Factors and Ergonomics Resources. hfes.org - Human Factors and Ergonomic Society baddesigns.com - Bad Human Factors Designs usabilitynet.org - Tools and Methods in Human Factors !human-factors.arc.nasa.gov - NASA Human Factors Research and Technology Division acb220.tc.faa.gov - FAA Technical Center Human Factors Laboratory hf.faa.gov - FAA Human !FactorsCategory:Ergonomics
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Websites
fosat consult
Consultancy services for water & sanitation, Irrigation projects.
http://www.fosatconsult.com/
Human Factors in Telecommunication
Website of the Human Factors in Telecommunication organization, a non-profit organisation which organises international Symposia, dealing with ergonomics, usability, accessibility and related topics in the area of telecommunication.
http://www.hft.org/
HCI Bibliography
The HCI Bibliography (HCIBIB) is a free-access bibliography on Human-Computer Interaction, with over 33,000 records in a searchable database. HCIBIB.ORG is also one of the premier portals to high-quality information on the development of usable software and Web-based systems.
http://www.hcibib.org/
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
The Society's mission is to promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.
http://hfes.org/
Bad Human Factors Designs
A scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do not follow human factors principles.
http://www.baddesigns.com/
NASA: Human Factors Research and Technology Division
NASA's Human Factors Research and Technology Division supports human-centered design in complex aerospace information systems using experiments and models of human capabilities and human-machine interaction to enhance system safety, reliability and performance. Site includes current projects, reports, history and organization.
http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/
Human Factors International, Inc.
Ensuring usability and systems consistency through software ergonomics, human factors science and design considerations. Located in Iowa, USA.
http://www.humanfactors.com/
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