I went to Velocity EU 2014 in Barcelona this week – the conference for web operations/WebOps…
Category: Human Factors/Ergonomics
This is a keynote address from Velocity Europe 2014 in Barcelona on 17 November. I…
Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV) is a condition involving the overuse of the…
In May 2013, Edition 5 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)…
In 2001: A Space Odyssey, there is a problem aboard Discovery One. The HAL 9000…
“Oh my God. I told those guys at safety that it was dangerous and one day we would lose concentration and pay for it. I already told those guys at safety that it was very dangerous! We are human and this can happen to us. This curve is inhuman!”
1. How different are boredom and fatigue? Both affect our ability to pay attention –…
Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4…
I have received a few queries asking for a view (or “the science”) on reading…
by Steve Shorrock (Adapted from HindSight, Volume 13, Summer 2011, pp. 68-69, EUROCONTROL) Guidelines from Human Factors…