HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 1

by Richard Pak on October 24, 2009 · 2 comments

in HFES Annual Meeting, ergonomics, humor, input device, misc

Anne and I just got back from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conference held in San Antonio.  We plan on posting some snippets of posters/talks that we found interesting in an upcoming post.  But in the mean time, here is a panorama of the view from our hotel.

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Being in San Antonio, TX, we also visited a Cowboy bar complete with a mechanical bull.  Being human factors geeks, we had to take a look at the surprisingly simple controls used to create such complex movements.  And no, we did not analyze the controls or interview the operator ;)

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1 Marie October 24, 2009 at 3:35 pm

Mechanical Bull? Now I’m really jealous I couldn’t go.

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