Uno dei trend che emergono da CHI 2008 riguarda il monitoraggio degli utenti mobili, che riguarderà sempre più altri parametri oltre che la semplice posizione. Ad esempio, dalla collaborazione fra Intel...
Do users keep their software updated to prevent security attacks? What could the interface do to make users’ more aware of the need to install security updates? A research group from the Georgia...
How do common users react to a phishing attack? To know it better, a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has carried out phishing attacks on a sample of users and studied their behaviors....
What human factors issues should future car interfaces take into account? The need to monitor the driver and to mitigate driver distraction and inattention came out often in talking with Brian Lathrop...
Industry is working at cars that will talk more and more to their drivers and some researchers are even working at car interfaces that automatically adapt to the specific user who is driving. I’ve asked...
Facebook e’ decisamente un sito molto popolare, ma cosa sappiamo di come viene usato quel social network? Adam Joinson dell’Università di Bath si è concentrato sul capire cosa fanno gli utenti con...
Facebook is definitely a popular site, but what do we know about how people use it? Adam N. Joinson (University of Bath) is studying Facebook users to learn more about it and will present some of the findings...
Who’s in the list of your friends on social networking sites? True friends? People who you don’t know much? Total strangers? Should those sites offer a richer way of describing your relationship with...
Imagine you have to move to a distant city. What would happen to the relationships you have with your friends? Which telecommunication tools would you use to try to maintain friendship? A research collaboration...
What does it make an on-line user profile attractive to members of the opposite sex? Andrew T. Fiore and his colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley have selected 50 user profiles on the...
Una credenza diffusa è che la tecnologia abbia il potenziale di migliorare la vita di tutti: dal posto di lavoro al divertimento, dalla salute alla casa. Ma qual’è il ruolo della tecnologia per chi...