In the digital world, the user interface is the medium of communication. It is the surface at which humans interact with the functionalities provided by machines—whether hardware or software. As such, ...

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All of our standard technologies for human-computer interaction — the mouse, the GUI, and the web of linked documents — can be traced directly to Douglas Engelbart. Almost 40 years ago, he showed all ...

Humans need to interact with machines in manufacturing applications to task those machines, monitor processes and troubleshoot problems. Historically, human-machine interfaces in the industrial ...

The evolution of information access and interaction has been a transformative technological and human journey, from Gutenberg's printing press to Google's search engine. As we stand at the beginning ...