Human Factors Weekly News (08/31/21)
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.
- Green Waves, Machine Learning, and Predictive Analytics: Making Streets Better for People on Bikes
- The Impact of Smartphone Applications on Trip Routing
- A new model for group decision-making shows how 'followers' can influence the outcome
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 Lasers Could Finally Bring Us Really Smart AR Glasses
- Measuring speed management strategies
- Improving transportation equity
- Turning cameras off during virtual meetings can reduce fatigue
- Unease beyond the uncanny valley: How people react to the same faces
- Science-backed tips for maximizing play time with kids
- New research finds gender differences in fear and risk perception during COVID-19
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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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