'''Hardware Interface Design''' is a transdisciplinary design field that shapes the physical connection between people & computers.
As more and more of the things around us connect to the internet and operate with grander digital implications, the unconsidered controls on these devices begin to matter. Glossy [[touchscreens]] have their time & place, as do knobs, buttons, sliders, and switches. An example of a hardware interface could include a control panel for a nuclear power plant<ref>{{cite web|title=User interface design in safety parameter display systems: direction for enhancement|url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=27496|publisher=Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab|accessdate=28 June 2011|author=E.E. Shultz|coauthors=G.L. Johnson}}</ref> or even the cockpit of an aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=DESIGNING USER-INTERFACES FOR THE COCKPIT:|url=http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/publications/feary_CockpitUIDesignErrors.pdf|publisher=Society of Automotive Engineers|accessdate=28 June 2011|author=Lance Sherry|coauthors=Peter Polson, Michael Feary}}</ref>
By drawing upon the fields of [[industrial design]], [[interaction design]], and [[electrical engineering]] hardware interface designers are able to transcend the typical boundaries of each respective field in order to prototype and invent physical interfaces that feel, sound, and behave beautifully.
