Dec. 21, 2021
Human Factors Weekly News (12/21/21)
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.
- Virtual Conferences are Better for the Environment and More Inclusive
- Using ergonomics to reduce pain from technology use
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).
- Solutions for Providing Internet Access to Rural Area
- Children as Social Robot Designers
- Understanding and Communicating Reliability of Crash Prediction Models
- Options for Improving the Safety of DUKW Type Amphibious Vessels
- One algorithm to rule decision-making
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