What is human-centric design, and why does it matter?

Often dismissed as a ‘soft’ discipline, it’s actually the most practical route to value creation. We have a growing problem ...
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Systems Safety: The Critical Role of Human Factors and Ergonomics

A door plug blew off Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 mid-flight in January 2024. Now the National Transportation Safety Board says it can happen again. When it comes to safety in the workplace, there ...
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Human Factors Testing Is the Key to Approval & Profitability in the Medical Device Industry

U.S. and EU regulators require human factors and usability testing to bring a medical device to market. Virginia Lang, PhD, president and chief scientist at HirLan Inc., an engineering consultancy ...
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Master Human Factors Engineering: Hands-On Workshop for Medical Device Development

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...
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Technical Meeting on Safety Considerations in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Power Plants with a Focus on Human Factors Engineering and Instrumentation and ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology rapidly advances and becomes widely integrated into industries and our daily lives, the nuclear industry is also exploring the use of AI applications. To ...