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We have always built tools to improve our productivity and help us
lead better lives; however we find ourselves constantly battling
against our new computerized tools, making us less productive and
putting our health and our lives at risk. This book looks at
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from a truly human-centred
perspective; focusing on human physiology and psychology rather
than the motley series of brilliant innovations, glorified
mistakes, and cross-generational habits that comprise the
computer-centred HCI that we practice today. This three-part guide
argues that human interest and calm technology need to be at the
heart of HCI. It begins by exposing the inherent dangers in past
and present HCI. Using his past experiences within Anthropology,
Linguistics, Education, Ergonomics, Human Factors, and Computer
Science the author introduces and explores the theory of
'Anthropology-Based Computing' (ABC) as well as a new ideas like
Dynamic Environmental Focus (DEF), a new model of General Human
Interaction (GHI), and a new triune model of the brain: Brown's
Representation of Anthropogenic Interaction in Natural Settings
(BRAINS). Detailed illustrations show how HCI can be improved by
considering how human bodies and brains actually work. The final
part is a series of simple illustrated experiments, each applying
an aspect of ABC to improve the way our computers and computerized
devices treat us. Anthropology-Based Computing is written for those
who work with computers, not just those who work on them. Students
and researchers in Design and Psychology, and Computer Scientists
as well, will benefit from seeing what is missing from the devices
that are already in place, why that is, and how to make the
practical changes that will immediately improve the physiological
and psychological experience of using phones, on-board navigation
systems, and the countless other computers we use at work and at
home today and will continue to use in the future.
We have always built tools to improve our productivity and help us
lead better lives; however we find ourselves constantly battling
against our new computerized tools, making us less productive and
putting our health and our lives at risk. This book looks at
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from a truly human-centred
perspective; focusing on human physiology and psychology rather
than the motley series of brilliant innovations, glorified
mistakes, and cross-generational habits that comprise the
computer-centred HCI that we practice today. This three-part guide
argues that human interest and calm technology need to be at the
heart of HCI. It begins by exposing the inherent dangers in past
and present HCI. Using his past experiences within Anthropology,
Linguistics, Education, Ergonomics, Human Factors, and Computer
Science the author introduces and explores the theory of
'Anthropology-Based Computing' (ABC) as well as a new ideas like
Dynamic Environmental Focus (DEF), a new model of General Human
Interaction (GHI), and a new triune model of the brain: Brown's
Representation of Anthropogenic Interaction in Natural Settings
(BRAINS). Detailed illustrations show how HCI can be improved by
considering how human bodies and brains actually work. The final
part is a series of simple illustrated experiments, each applying
an aspect of ABC to improve the way our computers and computerized
devices treat us. Anthropology-Based Computing is written for those
who work with computers, not just those who work on them. Students
and researchers in Design and Psychology, and Computer Scientists
as well, will benefit from seeing what is missing from the devices
that are already in place, why that is, and how to make the
practical changes that will immediately improve the physiological
and psychological experience of using phones, on-board navigation
systems, and the countless other computers we use at work and at
home today and will continue to use in the future.
This book describes an innovative approach to the interaction
between humans and a smart environment; an attempt to get a smart
home to understand intuitive, multi-modal, human-centred
communication. State of the art smart homes, like other "smart"
technology, tend to demand that the human user must adapt herself
to the needs of the system. The hunt for a truly user-centred,
truly intuitive system has long proven to be beyond the grasp of
current technology. When humans speak with one another, we are
multimodal. Our speech is supplemented with gestures, which serve
as a parallel stream of information, reinforcing the meaning of our
words. Drawing on well-established protocols in engineering and
psychology, and with no small amount of inspiration from a
particular nonsense poem, we have successfully concluded that hunt.
This book describes the efforts, undertaken over several years, to
design, implement, and test a model of interaction that allows
untrained individuals to intuitively control a complex series of
networked and embedded systems. The theoretical concepts are
supported by a series of experimental studies, showing the
advantages of the novel approach, and pointing towards future work
that would facilitate the deployment of this concept in the real
world.
For 50 years, Star Trek has been an inspiration to its fans around
the world, helping them to dream of a better future. This
inspiration has entered our culture and helped to shape much of the
technology of the early 21st Century. The contributors to this
volume are researchers and teachers in a wide variety of
disciplines; from Astrophysics to Ethnology, from English and
History to Medicine and Video Games, and from American Studies to
the study of Collective Computing Systems. What the authors have in
common is that some version of Star Trek has inspired them, not
only in their dreams of what may be, but in the ways in which they
work - and teach others to work - here in the real world.
Introduced with references to Star Trek films and television shows,
and illustrated with original cartoons, each of the 15 chapters
included in this volume provides insights into research and
teaching in this range of academic fields.
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