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Every day, human factors impacts the world around us, from how we travel to our place of work, to the phones and computers we use. It has made a difference to our everyday lives, from the medication we need, to how we exercise.
Human factors, or ergonomics, is a scientific discipline which explores how humans interact with the products, systems, and environments around us. By exploring this and using principles, data, and methods, human factors professionals can better design these products, systems and environments to ensure safety, comfort, and optimal performance.
Explore content below to discover how human factors has impacted sport, healthcare, transport, and technology, how it helps run the London Underground smoothly each day, how we think about people when designing products, and how human factors can influence our future.
Discovering Human Factors
Human factors is the science of understanding how humans interact with the products and environments around them.
Systems Thinking
We can often think of human factors as about designing products that are fit for human use. But it’s not just about products: sometimes, it is about entire systems.
Designing for People
There is no such thing as the average person. We are all different, through our age, gender, ethnicity, language, and educational background.
Human Factors and the Future
Human factors has made a difference to the world around us for the last 75 years.