human factors

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I wondered if Audi’s human factors engineers had ever met a human.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Automation is delivering a “step change” in terms of safety in the mining industry says Robin Burgess-Limerick, a professor at the University of Queensland in Brisbane who studies human factors in mining.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2024

Stretching for 180 miles through major cities like Tucson and into the Sonoran desert, the Santa Cruz River is in danger of drying up because of human factors like climate change and irresponsible wastewater disposal.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

“That’s why the human factors studies have shown a significant delayed response under those conditions.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Because of their lack of all-round and well-balanced social interest, there is not sufficient stimulus for attention to the human factors and relationships in industry.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John