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==Examples==

An example of a hardware interface could include a remote control, kitchen timer, 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|author2=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|coauthorsauthor2=Peter Polson, |author3=Michael Feary }}</ref>

Another example is the [[computer mouse]]. It combines hardware interface staple features such as buttons and a scrolling wheel with an innovative two-dimensional motion tracking laser. Dragging the mouse over a flat surface and have a pointer moves on the screen accordingly. There is a very clear relationship about the behaviors shown by a system with the movements of a mouse.