Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Landmark Research Evaluates Active Users of Biometrics Technology

An article on how familiarity with biometrics technology impacts user acceptance and adoption ...

"Acuity Market Intelligence of Boulder, Colorado, today announced that a landmark biometrics end-user research project evaluating the societal and psychological perceptions of biometrics by active users of the technology is nearing completion.

This groundbreaking end-user research is part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded collaborative project designed to assess the performance, security characteristics and societal impact of biometrics.

Acuity is supporting Dr. Lisa Nelson of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, the project lead, in collaboration with Dr. Jack Carroll of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a renowned expert in psychology-based end-user analysis, to complete the research. The project includes a web-based survey and targeted end-user focus groups. Acuity is providing operational support and acting as an industry and end-user liaison for the University of Pittsburgh and AIR."   continued ...   (Via HNS)

Biometrics - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Biometrics.


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