Opening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder people. A study carried out at the Professorship of Human Factors and Ergonomics shows results of opening successes at a variety of packages. Opening a jar of gherkins proved to be a challenging task for the majority of the test persons. Further examples of badly designed packages as well as good solutions are introduced.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:19726 |
Date | January 2011 |
Creators | Hentschel, Christian |
Publisher | Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors, Technische Universität Chemnitz |
Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
Source | The Ergonomist, No. 496, October 2011, pages 6-7 |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | 0268-5639 |
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