Humans as we are, “Homo sapiens,” can be traced back around 300,000 years. Our large and complex brains work continuously to develop tools, devices, and complex technologies. We build teams, start ...

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 ...

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 ...

The transportation industry has a human factors problem. Consider this: From 2005 to 2009, the volume of fatal crashes involving large trucks or buses dropped by a third. At the time, it felt like ...

Brandy Guarda, Regulatory Analyst in Washington, D.C., contributed to the drafting of this post. If you are a device manufacturer, what human factors and usability information should you include in ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare technology, robotic surgery has emerged as a groundbreaking innovation, offering unprecedented precision and control in surgical procedures. Leading ...

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...