Nov. 23, 2021
Human Factors Weekly News (11/23/21)
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.
- 'Deepfaking the mind' could improve brain-computer interfaces for people with disabilities
- Experts Say AR Could Let People “Reality Block” Stuff They Don’t Like
- What Are the Ethics of an Implant That Delivers Pleasure Directly Into Your Brain?
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).
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