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Awful concept: Samsung Scroll - Crunchgear.com
Ah, concept products. You are the court jesters of the tech kingdom. Where else can every trend and UI rule be bucked — in both good ways and bad? This concept computer called the Samsung Scroll (does Samsung know about this?) is a complete …
Ergonomics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concerned with designing according to the human needs, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in …
Human Performance and Ergonomics (Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Second Edition)
Human Performance and Ergonomics brings together a comprehensive and modern account of how the context of performance is crucial to understanding behavior. Environment provides both constraints and opportunities to individuals, such that external conditions may have reciprocal or interactive effects on behavior.
The book begins with an account of research in human factors and engineering, with application of research to real world environments, methodological concerns, and rumination on current and future trends. The book proceeds to how technology has moved from being designed to help human physical survival to helping humans achieve “quality of life” improvements. Real world examples are explored in detail including hearing technology, driving, and aviation. Issues of control, maneuvering, and planning are discussed in conjunction with how intention and expectancy affect behavior. The fit between human and environment is examined as a dynamic interaction, and many chapters address the all important human-machine communication, particularly that between humans and computers.
The book closes with a reminder that even our technological environment is filled with other people, with whom we must interact personally or via technology, to achieve our larger goals. Teamwork is thus discussed for its integration of cognitive, behavioral, and affective components toward our achieving desired aims.
* Includes the application of research in human factors in engineering to real world environments
* Discussion of both current and future trends is included
* Real-world examples of how technology is now helping humans to achieve “quality of life” improvements are explored in detail including hearing technology, driving and aviation
* Many chapters examine the all important human/machine communication, particularly human-computer interaction (HCI)
Hardcover: 397 pages
Company: Academic Press (1999-04-02)
ISBN: 0123227356
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Introduction to Ergonomics, 2nd Edition
In this extensively revised and updated edition of his core textbook, Bob Bridger gives a comprehensive introduction to ergonomics and sets out the fundamental principles and key applications of the discipline.
The anatomical, physiological, and psychological foundations of the subject are presented in introductory chapters, requiring students to have only minimal scientific background knowledge. Topics covered include: anthropometry, biomechanics, and workspace design; physical workload, fatigue, and stress; physiological methods; environmental factors; human information processing; control and display design; human-machine interaction; human error; and organizational and psychosocial factors at work. Common applications of ergonomics are explained in a range of social and technological contexts as well.
New exercises for students appear at the end of each chapter and an instructor’s manual is also available. There is a new emphasis on the teaching of implementable skills, including sections atthe end of every chapter that review the evidence for the effectiveness of the material presented, as well as the demonstrated use of ergonomics principles to solve practical problems. The main text and the manual include worked examples illustrating concepts such as the NIOSH lifting equation, RASH predictions, DSE, and manual handling evaluations.
Author: Robert Bridger
Paperback: 562 pages
Company: CRC (2003-04-10)
ISBN: 0415273781
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Vince Lombardi Jr. to speak at event - Statesman Journal
The Western Pulp & Paper Workers Safety and Health Conference will take place Dec. 2-5 at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion Hotel in Portland. The event will include workshops on topics such as reducing injury costs and accidents; ergonomics for machinists …
Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics (Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Second Edition)
Completely revised and updated, taking the scientific rigor to a whole new level, the second edition of the Occupational Ergonomics Handbook is now available in two volumes. This new organization demonstrates the enormous amount of advances that have occurred in the field since the publication of the first edition. The second edition not only provides more information but makes it more accessible. Each volume narrows the focus while broadening the coverage, supplying immediate access to important information. One of the most comprehensive sources for ergonomic knowledge available, written by leading experts, providing both sound theory and practical examples, this book is a valuable resource for anyone in the field. Fundamental and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics merges the frontiers of ergonomics, workplace design, and management issues. The editors have brought together researchers from disciplines such as biomechanics, anthropometry, and cognitive science with pioneering practitioners in industry. They discuss tools of the trade, upper extremity analysis, backs, interventions, management issues, design for ergonomics, principles of product design, band-aid approaches, processing, distribution centers, and service systems. The handbook is a compendium of information authored by top-flight investigators who represent the cutting edge of opinion, research, and interest in the field.
Author: William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski
Hardcover: 1024 pages
Company: CRC (2006-02-02)
ISBN: 0849319374
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Hybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety? Add engine noise, say … - PhysOrg
Important pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid and electric vehicles. These vehicles are relatively quiet—they do not emit the sounds pedestrians and bicyclists are accustomed to hearing as a vehicle approaches them on …
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