Human Factors Weekly News (08/03/21)
Human Factors Weekly News
Our Top News Stories
These consist of news stories that we feel have enough substance to them to justify a 20-30 minute segment on the podcast. Our Patreons decide which topics we discuss on the show from these types of news stories.
- AI and Robots Are a Minefield of Cognitive Biases
- Evaluation of Serious Games for Passenger Education I: Aircraft Safety Information Retention Across Media Types
- The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes’ Performance
Human Factors News
These consist of news stories that have a human factors application, but may just be a brief one-liner (e.g. not a whole lot to talk about but cool enough for us to share).
- Tiny Neuralink Rival Wins Race for Approval to Test Brain Implant in Humans
- Trains in the Brain—Scientists Uncover Switching System Used in Information Processing and Memory
- The Space Station Incident was Far Worse than NASA Admitted
- Smart Glasses for Improving Mobility of Low Vision People (Phase Two)
- Remote research methods for Human–AI–Robot Teaming
- Estimated Accident Risk for BasicMed vs. Medically Certified U.S. Pilots
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Host and Producer
Nick Roome hosts and produces Human Factors Cast, a public science communication program of Human Factors Cast Foundation Limited. His work on the program focuses on making human factors, psychology, engineering, ergonomics, design, safety, and human-systems research accessible to practitioners, students, and the public.
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