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  Human factors researchers test voting systems for seniors 

  http://www.physorg.com/news117983796.html

  Human factors researchers at Florida State University have identified ways to improve electronic voting accuracy among older voters while also shortening waiting time at the polls. The results of their ... study were published in the fall 2007 issue of Ergonomics in Design . During the 2000 presidential election in Palm Beach County, Florida, voting machines and ballot formats came under national scrutiny after it was found that more than 29,000 ballots were spoiled. The use of punchcard machines and a confusing ballot layout caused some voters to select an unintended candidate or double-punch the ballot. In 2004 in Ohio, the issue of time at the polls became a critical factor; despite the use of electronic voting machines, a confusing ballot layout and an insufficient number of machines caused long waiting lines and prevented some Ohioans from voting. These problems led Tiffany Jastrzembski and Neil Charness to test ballot and machine usability with a particular focus on older voters, who   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 28 December 2007, by: Kate Porter  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  design, electronic voting, ergonomics, florida state university, human factors research , touchscreen design   [More...] [Less...]

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  Don Norman's jnd.org / user advocacy and human-centered design 

  http://www.jnd.org/

  ( Design of Future Things now finished: see " Books " below.) Northwestern University offers two programs in design: a one-year graduate program leading to and a new focus of the between Northwestern's ... Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern Engineering: Design and Operations . MMM is an existing two-year program leading to two degrees: an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering that emphasizes Design & Operations: design cannot succeed without efficient operations behind the scenes. Operations are always in support or products or services, so the pair makes huge sense. Business Week has already recognized this program as one of the best Design + Business programs in the world. Note that neither degree is designed to produce designers. MS-EDI is designed to produce engineers who understand how to do design thinking and therefore know how to work constructively with designers (instead of the mutual u   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 10 January 2008, by: Kate Porter  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  design, hci, human-centred technology, human-computer interaction, interaction design

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  Research is Central to Our Mission - Research - The Open University 

  http://www.open.ac.uk/research/

  The public perceive the terrorist threat as being exaggerated by government and magnified [more...]

  First added: 20 March 2008, by: Kate Porter  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  ambient technologies, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computing, convergence knowledge media , design, environment, information technology, knowledge economy, knowledge media, multimedia, planetary science, security, space science, ubiquitous technologies, exploration, open university, ou, semantic technology   [More...] [Less...]