Too much, too soon: information overload

Article Abstract:

As software and hardware become more powerful and sophisticated, the complexity of the system overwhelms the human operator. Military experience is full of cases where computer and information systems provide such an amount of information that they compound rather than solve a problem. Those problems exist not only among the military: in automobile companies, nuclear and chemical plants, operating rooms, and air-traffic and spacecraft systems, the interaction between machines and human operators is causing serious problems. That situation is now changing because 'human-factor principles' are being incorporated by the government and private industry into systems under design. Examples are the simulation facilities being used to test the human-factor aspects at NASA and the Army's light experimental helicopter (LHX), its most advanced research project.

Software engineering, Technology, Computational complexity (Machine theory), End users, Interface, User Need, Human Factors, User Interface, User interfaces (Computers), Computer Design, Scientific Research, Computational Complexity, technical

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The digital dawn in Europe

Article Abstract:

The European Union, despite major setbacks initially, as in the failure of multiplexed analog components to carve a niche in the digital broadcasting spectrum, is moving toward ushering in high-definition television broadcasting. Digital technology firms are striving to replace PALplus systems with high-definition television as the new standard for satellite broadcasting.

Planning, Europe, Laws, regulations and rules, Television broadcasting, Science and technology policy, High-definition television, High definition television

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