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<strong>Aaron</strong> <strong>Marcus</strong>, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 60<br />

Figure: Star Trek characters featured creatures of many genders, races, <strong>and</strong><br />

worlds.<br />

The cast of characters in the Star Trek series featured a wide variety of humanoid<br />

forms, suggesting that the HCI “user testing” <strong>and</strong> “focus groups” used to develop HCI<br />

software, hardware, <strong>and</strong> displays was evaluated with many life forms in mind. Although<br />

the cast of characters was generally not as wildly divergent as later sci-fi films, including<br />

non-humanoid forms, the series was notable for its wide-ranging types of creatures <strong>and</strong><br />

the consequent implied challenge to “user-centered design” in developing products that<br />

were usable, useful, <strong>and</strong> appealing to these “life forms.”<br />

(Acknowledgement: TBD.)<br />

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