human-factors engineering

Table of Contents

Introduction & Top Questions
The human-factors approach to design
- The human-machine model
- A human-machine example
- Human factors in large systems
Applications of human-factors engineering
- Push-button telephone
- Space suit
- Typewriter keyboard
- Social problems

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Also Known As	human engineering • human-factors psychology • engineering psychology • ergonomics

Topics

bioengineering bionics genetic engineering tissue engineering

Key People

Dreyfuss, Henry

Henry Dreyfuss

American industrial designer

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