The human factor

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Technology 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. [publisher web site].

subjects: Human-computer interaction,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Technology,  Employees,  Human engineering,  Technology,  Effect of technological innovations on,  Technology, social aspects,  Faktor Mensch,  Lebensbedingungen,  Mensch,  Technischer Fortschritt,  Ergonomie,  Ergonomics,  TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING,  Industrial Design,  General,  Technologie,  Sociale aspecten,  Mens-computer-interactie,  Teknik och samhälle,  Tekniksociologi,  Människa-dator-interaktion,  Computer software,  Human factors