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100 1 $aVicente, Kim J.
245 14 $aThe human factor :$brevolutionizing the way people live with technology /$cKim Vicente.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2004.
300 $a351 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-329) and index.
505 00 $tTechnology Wreaking Havoc --$tA Threat to Our Quality of Life: Technology Beyond Our Control --$tWhy Is Technology So Out of Control? Walking Around Half-Blind --$tTechnology for Humans --$tLet's Get Physical: Fitting the Design to the Body --$tMinding the Mind I: Everyday Psychology --$tMinding the Mind II: Safety-Critical Psychology --$tStaying on the Same Page: Choreographing Team Coordination --$tManagement Matters: Building Learning Organizations --$tPolitical Imperatives I: Technology for Better or for Worse? --$tPolitical Imperatives II: Safeguarding the Public Interest --$tRegaining Control of Our Lives --$tThe Way Forward: Not by Widgets Alone.
520 $aTechnology 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].
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