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The Design of Future Things - Donald Norman

 

Description: ISBN 0465002277 / Author: Donald Norman / Genre: Science & Nature / Publisher: Basic Books / The best-selling author of "The Design of ... more
The Design of Future Things - Donald Norman ... Everyday Things" casts his critical eye on the new dawn of "smart" technology, from smooth-talking GPS systems to cantankerous refrigerators. This is a consumer-oriented look at the promise and perils of the smart objects of the future, and a cautionary tale for designers of these objects - many of which are already in use or development. Don Norman, a popular design consultant to car manufacturers, computer companies and other industrial and design outfits, has seen the future and is worried. He points out what's going wrong with the wave of products just coming on the market and some that are on drawing boards everywhere - from "smart" cars and homes that seek to anticipate a user's every need, to the latest automatic navigational systems. Norman offers a theory of natural human-machine interaction that can be put into practice by the engineers and industrial designers of tomorrow's thinking machines.

Newest Review: ... turns from general usability issues so fascinatingly explored in the original book (foibles of cookers, doors, switches and ... more

 ... taps) to the problems human beings are starting to have with automation, with so-called intelligent machines. There is a lot of research into the ergonomics of automation, but most of it relates to uses in professional or military situations, where the people using the systems are well trained and motivated. Norman calls for development of sound, scientific principles of designing automated goods for use at home and at play, in more demanding situations with less structure and users who don't undergo any training. A ...more

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Crowned Review The Design of Future Things - Donald Norman: Stupid Robots (1231 words)
by MagdaDH - written on 11.04.08 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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Do you remember those cars led into the river by their navigation systems? Have you ever thought that Amazon's suggestions for you are ridiculous rather than useful? Ever wondered if the software you are trying to use is doing something or just hanging there? Been trying to interpret beeping and blinking signals on a coffee maker? Lulled into sense of false security by car's cruise control? Or have you wondered how it would actually be to live in a house that responded to your every movement and action? Many of us have, and even more will as automation progresses from the realm of the high-cost, high-end, multi-million pound applications in space ...

 

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