Human-technology+interaction

=Human-Technology Interaction=

Technological development offers new possibilities to make people's daily lives more healthy, safe, understandable, independent, fun and comfortable. New Technologies provide us for instance with energy friendly and sustainable solutions in order to improve the environment in which we live. It can also provide tools for elderly people, so they can live longer on their own. Further, it provides us with new means of communication and new ways of entertainment. Examples are smart phones, ambient intelligence and smart homes, online shopping and communities, 3D television, and renewable energy technologies like hydrogen technology and biomass.

For these technologies to be really successful, people will need to be able to use these technologies properly, will have to trust, accept, and adopt these technologies. Human-Technology Interaction practicioners and academics are typically concerned with topics that require a profound understanding of both the human and technological aspects. Such topics are usability, ergonomics, perception, cognition, decision making, social psychology, consumer behavior and environmental psychology.