Human Factor Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology

Name: Human Factor Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology
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ISBN: 9780415978910

ISBN-10: 0415978912

ISBN-13: 9780415978910

Edition: 2004 (Annotated)

Authors: Kim Vicente

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"Kim Vicente puts human simplicity back into technology." "TIME Magazine" Technological innovation is progressing so quickly that we have fallen behind our ability to manage it. Our world is filled with objects that invite human error-from VCRs to stoves to hospitals, airplane cockpits, and nuclear power plants. Problems-some potentially catastrophic-continuously arise when designs are developed without human nature in mind. What we really need, argues Kim Vicente, is technology that works for people. In this incessantly readable, groundbreaking work, Vicente makes vividly clear how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology. He investigates every level of human…

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List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



Technology Wreaking Havoc



A Threat to Our Quality of Life: Technology Beyond Our Control



Why Is Technology So Out of Control? Walking Around Half-Blind



Technology for Humans



Let's Get Physical: Fitting the Design to the Body



Minding the Mind I: Everyday Psychology



Minding the Mind II: Safety-Critical Psychology



Staying on the Same Page: Choreographing Team Coordination



Management Matters: Building Learning Organizations



Political Imperatives I: Technology for Better or for Worse?



Political Imperatives II: Safeguarding the Public Interest



Regaining Control of Our Lives



The Way Forward: Not by Widgets Alone


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index