A close-up look at miscommunications between humans and machines, their user interfaces, and the consequences of a breakdown explores twenty-five different technological systems for human use--including watches, Internet applications, automobiles, medical equipment, and aircraft autopilot systems--and what needs to be done to prevent potential tragedies.... 64-5 autothrottle (automatic throttle), in aircraft, 202, 205, 235 aquot;Aviation Automationaquot; (Billings), 301, 304 aviation safety: incidents vs. ... 298; automatic measurement, 167-8, 169, 172; envelope protection system for, 170-1; feedback in, 173-4; manual measurement, ... and time delays, 17-18 CERN (physics research laboratory), 127 certification committees, 237 Challenger disaster, 304 change event, anbsp;...
Title | : | Taming HAL |
Author | : | Asaf Degani |
Publisher | : | Palgrave Macmillan - 2004-01-17 |
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