Inclusive Design of Wearable Smart Objects for Older Users: Design Principles for Combining Technical Constraints and Human Factors

2018 ◽  
pp. 324-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Mincolelli ◽  
Michele Marchi ◽  
Lorenzo Chiari ◽  
Alessandra Costanzo ◽  
Elena Borelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
Older Users

Development of a New Photographic Experience

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Steven M. Belz
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
User Centered

Success in the marketplace doesn't happen by accident but through the application of human factors/ergonomics user-centered design principles.

scholarly journals Improving Wayfinding for Older Users With Selective Attention Deficits

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada D. Mishler ◽  
Mark B. Neider
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Attention Deficits ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Older Users ◽  
Selective Attention Deficits

Older adults experience difficulties with navigating their environments and may need to rely on signs more heavily than younger adults. However, older adults also experience difficulties with focusing their visual attention, which suggests that signs need to be designed with the goal of making it as easy as possible to attend to them. This article discusses some design principles that may be especially important to compensate for declining attentional focus. These principles include distinctiveness, consistent appearance and location, standardized images, simplicity, isolation from other elements of the environment, and reassurance about the current route.

scholarly journals Robot-Inclusive False Ceiling Design Guidelines

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 600
Author(s):  
Matthew S. K. Yeo ◽  
S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon ◽  
Qi Boon Ng ◽  
Yi Jin Ng ◽  
M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Site Conditions ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Spatial Constraints ◽  
Periodic Inspection ◽  
Inspection Robots ◽  
Commercial Spaces

False ceilings are often utilised in residential and commercial spaces as a way to contain and conceal necessary but unattractive building infrastructure, including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services. Concealing such elements has made it difficult to perform periodic inspection safely for maintenance. To complement this, there have been increasing research interests in mobile robots in recent years that are capable of accessing hard-to-reach locations, thus allowing workers to perform inspections remotely. However, current initiatives are met with challenges arising from unstructured site conditions that hamper the robot’s productivity for false ceiling inspection. The paper adopts a top-down approach known as “Design for Robots”, taking into account four robot-inclusive design principles: activity, accessibility, safety, observability. Falcon, a class of inspection robots, was used as a benchmark to identify spatial constraints according to the four principles. Following this, a list of false ceiling design guidelines for each category are proposed.

scholarly journals Developing Instructional Support for MEDSReM-2 Through Human Factors Design Principles

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 230-230
Author(s):  
Maurita Harris ◽  
Kenneth Blocker ◽  
Mimi Trinh ◽  
Tracy Mitzner
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Instructional Support ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitor ◽  
Pressure Monitor ◽  
Instructional Supports ◽  
Online Portal

Abstract Appropriate instruction is critical for ensuring the MEDSReM-2 system (i.e., smartphone app, blood pressure monitor, online portal) will be easily and effectively used and will, therefore, be more likely to be adopted. We will present our iterative processes for developing instructional support for MEDSReM 2 using human factors design principles (e.g., task analyses, comparative analyses, expert evaluation of mock-ups with screen flows). The instructional supports include user manuals, videos, as well as instructions within the MEDSReM 2 app. We will also highlight design principles used to empower the user and the benefits of using an interdisciplinary approach (i.e., gerontology, cognitive psychology, educational psychology, design, community health) to develop instructional support for older adult users.

Topics in Inclusive Design for the Graduate Human Factors Engineering Curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 403-406
Author(s):  
Clive D’Souza
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Human Functioning ◽  
Disability Prevalence ◽  
And Performance

The confluence of demographic trends in aging and disability prevalence, increased expectations among workers and consumers with and without impairments, and greater reliance on complex yet pervasive technologies (e.g., automation, internet of things) has resulted in an increased emphasis on designing for human-system performance and accommodation across the full spectrum of human abilities. Inclusive design or universal design (UD) is one of the few user-centered design paradigms that advocate consideration for the full spectrum of human abilities, including individuals with and without disabilities. A graduate-level course was developed and implemented to introduce ergonomics and human factors students to the UD paradigm and to UD goals and principles using select academic and non-academic readings, and assignments related to multivariate statistics, field observations, and design of experiments. The course placed an emphasis on the fundamentals and research base in ergonomics in relation to UD research and practice, viz., topics related to variability in human functioning and performance associated with anthropometry, biomechanics, perception and cognition. Alongside the motivations for the course, this paper provides an overview of the course objectives, topics covered, and some early lessons learned.

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