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May 9, 2017

Human Factors Cast E041 - Space Robots, Touch Interfaces, and Cyber Scams

Human Factors Cast E041 - Space Robots, Touch Interfaces, and Cyber Scams

Today is May 8th, 2017 and it's an all new Human…

Today is May 8th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Astrobee: The Adorable Little Robot That’ll Soon Jet Around the ISS -Veo Robotics gives industrial robots a sixth sense for safely working around people -Language shapes how the brain perceives time -As scientists take to Twitter, study shows power of 'visual abstract' graphics: Number of people clicking to read research papers nearly tripled in carefully controlled trial -Amazon's latest Alexa feature makes it sound more human than ever -Nissan’s Faraday cage armrest is the abstinence of mobile driving distraction -130 Million at Risk of Fraud After Massive Leak of Indian Biometric System Data -PSA: This Google Doc scam is spreading fast and will email everyone you know -An AI can recognize musical genres better than humans -New technique turns anything into a touch sensor Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast Follow us on Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/HumanFactorsCast Our official website: https://www.humanfactorscast.com Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome Follow Blake: https://www.twitter.com/DontPanicUX Take a deeper look into the human element in our ever changing digital world. Human Factors Cast is a podcast that investigates the sciences of psychology, engineering, biomechanics, industrial design, physiology and anthropometry and how it affects our interaction with technology. As an online source for human factors, psychology, and design news, Human Factors Cast is your essential resource for new, exciting stories in the field.

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