Medical devices have to be designed so that people can use them easily and reliably. Human factors considerations have gained increased attention since the release of FDA's guidance document, Medical ...

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Yesterday afternoon, I endured a half hour of pure frustration. The day before, I’d started getting grumble-email messages from my company’s IT department, with the subject line ‘Your mailbox is over ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has started gradually releasing information about the automaker’s next important over-the-air software update this week. Today, Musk confirmed that it will come with a new user ...

Japan’s Sharp said Monday it will release a new user interface for its smartphones in an attempt to differentiate them from the Android masses. The Osaka-based electronics maker’s new “Feel UX” will ...

A diagram of Apple's self-driving software offering a route redirect Earlier this year, it was confirmed by Apple’s Tim Cook that the company was indeed working with self-driving cars; it wasn’t ...

To the developer, a good user interface is the second most important aspect of great software. The first is that it works properly and does not crash (freeze, lock up). After months of trials and ...

A product that's difficult to figure out, inefficient to use, or poorly supported is not going to win much of a user base. See whether you agree with these criteria for user-friendliness. Lately, I ...