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PCA Model in Human Factors Engineering
Reading Time: 4 minutes Human Factors Engineering is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on optimizing the design of products, systems, and environments by studying how people interact with them (Branaghan et al., 2020). As part of that undertaking, human…
How to Design your Injection Device from “Top to Bottom”
Reading Time: 5 minutes Top-down and Bottom-up Cues: Using Perceptual Process in Injection Device Designs Human Factors Engineers are often intrigued by peoples’ candid reactions to new devices. Recently, my friend received a new medication that needed to be…
What Are the Most Important Human Factors in Healthcare?
Reading Time: 5 minutes People often ask us, “What are the most important human factors in healthcare?” Well, it depends. For handheld surgical tools, we focus on the biomechanics of the hand and the wrist, ensuring that the wrist…
Human Factors – Accessible Design Tips: POUR
Reading Time: 4 minutes Human Factors and WCAG 2.1 The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main guideline that web developers and designers should look to for accessible design requirements.…
Human Factors of Accessible Design: Contrast
Reading Time: 7 minutes Importance of Contrast to Human Factors and Accessibility Revised in June 2018, The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 is the main guideline for accessible design requirements. It describes everything related to the world of…
Human Factors Engineering and Gestalt Design Principles
Reading Time: 5 minutes Introduction: Human Factors and Gestalt Research Collective approaches Human Factors from a Cognitive Psychology perspective. We believe that to develop products that serve the needs of people, it is crucial to understand how the human…