What is Cognitive Ergonomics?
“Cognitive ergonomics is especially important in the design of complex, high-tech, or automated systems. A poorly designed cellular phone user-interface may not cause an accident, but it may well cause great frustration on the part of the consumer and result in a marketplace driven business failure. A poor interface design on industrial automated equipment, though, may result in decreased production and quality, or even a life threatening accident.” http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=352 Ergonomics Today, June 11, 2004 • The Pervasive Computing Paradigm at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference, Spring 2004 One topic of gossip and anticipation at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo held last week in Baltimore, Maryland, was the pervasive wireless Internet network. http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/business/2004/wifiplanet_pervasive.
