This book examines the proliferation of surveillance technologies—such as facial
recognition software and digital fingerprinting—that have come to pervade our everyday …

New and emerging technologies promise to revolutionize risk communication. The benefits
of technology are discussed with regard to the components of a recently described warning …

One of the proudest achievements of Bell Telephone Laboratories in the post World War II
era, the video telephone system Picturephone ended its brief life as the Labs' biggest flop …

This volume addresses design improvement from the perspective of prevention by
introducing readers to the tools of the Six Sigma design process. The author discusses the …

Trust is conceived to be an important factor mediating an individual's reliance on
automation. Studies have shown individual and cultural differences as well as tasking …

The Singapore process industry is mainly made up of chemical and energy companies such
as Mitsui Chemicals, Clariant, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Sumitomo, Petrochemical Corporation of …

This book presents a co-design detailed methodology that will enable the reader to develop
human-centered product designs, considering the user's needs, skills, and limitations. The …

This book outlines the specific character of the ethnomethodological approach to'play'; that
is, to everyday sport and leisure activities that people generally engage in for enjoyment, at …

The first encyclopedia in the field, the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human
Factors provides a comprehensive and authoritative compendium of current knowledge on …

This paper discusses an attempt at obtaining a definition for design course content for
capstone Biomedical Engineering design courses as currently taught in the United States …