by Steven van Trooijen | June 15, 2018 | Topic 1: Human factors and ergonomics, Topic 5: Innovation + Design, Topic 7: User-centred design (UCD)
The Arc Mouse was an idea proposed by designers Seunghoon Shin and Chang Seok Kim during the 2012 IDEA Awards, which visually and practically, will revolutionize the way we use portable mouses nowadays. Although this is a conceptual mouse, this product could...
by Steven van Trooijen | June 7, 2018 | About Us, Topic 1: Human factors and ergonomics
When farmers dig into the soil for crops, which takes several hours, it can take a toll on their upper body and leave them incredibly tired towards the end of the day. This brings the introduction of the Bosse Shovel which makes working in crop fields a lot...
by Hopley | January 11, 2017 | 1.1c Physiological factors
Physical ergonomics is concerned with human anatomy, and some of the anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity. Physical ergonomic principles have been widely used in the design of both consumer and industrial...
by Hopley | August 4, 2016 | 1.1a Anthropometrics
What are the aims of Human Factors? ● Reduce stress and fatigue on people, as they will be able to do things faster, more easily, more safely and make fewer mistakes (reduce errors) ● Increase safety ● Increase ease of use ● Enhance operational comfort ●...
by Hopley | August 31, 2015 | 1.1b Psychological factors
The “four pleasure framework” was identified by Professor Lionel Tiger from Rutgers University in New Jersey, US. It includes the four areas of physio-pleasure, psycho-pleasure, socio-pleasure and ideo-pleasure. This interesting website call KnobFeel gives a good...
by Hopley | August 31, 2015 | 1.1c Physiological factors
Designers study physical characteristics to optimize the user’s safety, health, comfort and performance. Physiological problems occur when the body is required to do too much work, to work awkwardly or to work under bad environmental conditions. Fatigue results from...
