K30347.000 Responses and Comments
Q1. Page 269.
Q2. Correct caption for Figure 3 is:
Figure 3 Seaside at Home? “In this bath the water can be set in motion by rocking, producing a
sensation very much like the waves of the sea, which will delight and benefit especially invalids,
delicate people and children. Only three pails of cold or hot water are required, and there is no
splashing in the room to be apprehended. By placing a wedge under the curve of the back the bath
can be made to serve the ordinary purposes of the tub” The Nautilus wave and rocking bath – a
solution in search of a requirement?
Q3, Q4. “Operator’s” is correct.
Q8.
Table 7. Relationship Between User Requirements, System Requirements and Acceptance
Tests.
User Requirement
System Requirement
Acceptance
1. Minimal effect on agility
and joint mobility
1.1 Restriction of joint
mobility less than 5%
User trials in testing room
1.2 No reduction in time to
climb test wall
Indoor tests on wall
1.3 Comfort in use
User feedback
1.4 Minimise battery mass
Measurement
conditions
extreme climates
with finger temperatures of 5
degrees Celsius
2.3 Auditory as well as visual
display options
User trials
2.4 Interface compatible with
past experience
User trials
Author Corrections
1. In ‘Preface’, better to say ‘To this end, I have added a new
Prologue dealing with system concepts’
….rather than To this end, I have added a new opening chapter
Should read:
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4. Page 38
Replace:
Figure 0.3 shows a personal transportation vehicle that was
developed in the mid-1980s. Was it an example of “solution–
eering” or a device that was ahead of its time and held back
With:
Figure 0.3 shows a product that was developed during the
heyday of Victorian inventing. Following the success of a
range of products such as steam engines, flush toilets and
5. Figure caption – FIGURE 0.4. Please add accreditation of
source as follows:
A modern office chair that meets the HFE
requirements for sedentary work. The “Science of
6. Under ‘TUTORIAL TOPICS’, ‘PROBLEMS OF OLD