Human Factors News Monthly Roundup (July 2021)
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When Rudeness Becomes A Matter of Life or Death: How Rudeness Narrows Mindsets and Can Lead to Medical Mistakes
Better Speed Valuation for Transportation Planning
Human Factors News
These consist of news stories that we have not covered on the show, but are still worthy of sharing!
Aerospace Systems / Aviation
- AirCar prototype completes its first inter-city flight
- Blue Origin takes its first passengers to space
- Governing commercial space transportation
- Virgin Galactic and Richard Branson complete first fully crewed spaceflight
Aging
Augmented Cognition
- Bleak cyborg future from brain-computer interfaces if we're not careful
- Exclusive Q&A: Neuralink’s Quest to Beat the Speed of Type
Children's Issues
- Training helps teachers anticipate how students with learning disabilities might solve problems
- Researchers Explore How Children Learn Language
- How children integrate information
Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
- Wearable Brain-Machine Interface Turns Intentions into Actions
- Hand-writing letters shown to be best technique for learning to read
Environmental Design
- Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland
- Applying smart city concepts to address community concerns
- Young workers now value respect over 'fun' perks in the workplace
- World's deepest pool opens in Dubai, part of huge underwater city
Health Care
- What went so wrong with covid in India? Everything.
- Drama llama or sleep deprived? New study uncovers how consistent sleep loss impacts mental and physical well-being
- Smartphone gaming can be harmful for some seeking relief from boredom, study finds
- The Future of Wellness Will Be Driven by Data and Biomarkers
- Virtual learning may help NICU nurses recognize baby pain
- First-ever Transient Pacemaker Harmlessly Dissolves in Body
- New face mask prototype can detect Covid-19 infection
- Free Access to Thousands of COVID-19 Research Documents
Human-AI-Robot Teaming
- An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse
- Exoskeletons have a problem: They can strain the brain
- AI and Robots Are a Minefield of Cognitive Biases
Perception and Performance
- Technology that restores the sense of touch in nerves damaged as a result of injury
- A new look at colour displays
Product Design
- Wearable devices can reduce collision risk in blind and visually impaired people
- Handheld Device Fights Fatigue by Stimulating Vagus Nerve
- Smart technology is not making us dumber
Safety
Surface Transportation / Travel
- Developing an Effective Targeted Mobile Application to Enhance Transportation Safety and Use of Active Transportation Modes in Fresno County: The Role of Application Design & Content
- Scientists develop tougher, safer bicycle helmets using new plastic material
Virtual Environments
- VR study finds vertical greenery useful as stress buffer
- New AR System Alters Sight, Sound and Touch
