User Experience in Human Machine Interfaces

One of the most important things to consider when designing a human machine interface (HMI) is the user experience. If users are dissatisfied with their experience, they probably won’t be using the HMI very often. This is companies must emphasize the importance...

What is a Tangible User Interface?

We’ve covered several types of interfaces here on the Nelson Miller blog, but one that we’ve yet to discuss is a tangible user interface. Granted, they aren’t as popular or widely used as human machine interfaces (HMI) or graphical user interfaces...

Human Machine Interface: the Basics

There’s a lot of confusion surrounding the term “human machine interface” and what it means. Some people believe it’s nothing more than a user interface, while others believe it’s a type of automated machine. However, both of these...