Learn and apply Human Factors/Ergonomics principles to the design of products (e.g., exoskeletons), operations, and work environments as they relate to human capacities, safety, and health. Our ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the world’s largest scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, announced that the society’s ...

Confusing mobile apps and unclear instructions can be frustrating for anyone. But imagine if these everyday annoyances weren't just inconvenient but held the potential to be dangerous. That's where ...

Customers have been frustrated, injured and even killed by confusing instructions, unclear operating procedures and poorly designed controls. In some cases, these interfaces and instructions were ...

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 ...

Ergonomics—human-factors engineering—should be considered in all workplace improvement efforts. Feeling safe and staying clear of injuries can immensely contribute toward increased productivity by ...

Ryan was just four years old when he went to sleep on his bunk bed one night and never woke up. His mother found him strangled to death the next morning with his neck caught between the vertical post ...

Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to ...

Over the next year, the term human factors must become very important to those who develop and market medical devices (if the term is not already). Developers must take a look at some common ...