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unusual facts about human factors



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The firm employs over 550 people in the disciplines of human factors, mechanical, electrical and software engineering, industrial design, interaction design, and communication design.


see also

Fitts's law

Proceedings of ACM CHI 1992 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.

Hans Mauch

The company also introduced the Sterotoner, an early text-to-speech device for the blind, worked on human factors research, and developed an advanced spacesuit for NASA and the US Air Force.

Ian Johnston

Ian R. Johnston (born 1949), Australian human factors engineer and road safety advocate

Jefferson Howard Sutton

As a human factors engineer working for Convair, he explored man's adaptation to machines and established his business as an editorial consultant to industry.

Kenneth Weiss

Kenneth P. Weiss, American entrepreneur, human factors engineer and inventor

Mars Desert Research Station

Other experiments include a study of the effect of EVAs on the heart rates and blood pressures of crew members, a human factors study that examine the correlation between cognitive ability and mood and a study on how much a space suit inhibits dexterity in comparison to regular street clothes.