Today is September 18th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Hackers Have Already Started to Weaponize Artificial Intelligence -U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has introduced a new set of voluntary guidance for self-driving cars -Lack of ‘safeguards’ in Tesla's Autopilot…
Today is September 12th, 2019 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS How Schools Are Being Designed to Minimize the Number of Deaths During a Mass Shooting https://gizmodo.com/how-schools-are-being-designed-to-minimize-the-number-o-1837862416 Video Source: https://youtu.be/EscI-TTyms4 Blind man helps develop smart cane that uses…
Today is September 4th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. Robot caregivers are saving the elderly from lives of loneliness Alexa and Cortana Are on Speaking Terms Going to the doctor is a pain. Can Silicon Valley help? Stop trying…
Today is August 28th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Musk shows off SpaceX’s custom spacesuit -Amazon’s new education tool helps students become better writers -Why blockchain needs design -Use of BCI, virtual avatars could help with gait disabilities COMMUNITY…
Today is September 11th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. Alexa now responds to certain questions with skills that can help you when Alexa can’t A design flaw makes it easy to hack Siri & Alexa Equifax data leak could…
Today is August 21st, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Alexa can now steer exoskeletons -Apple, FB, Google, & other tech giants tell the Supreme Court to protect cell phone data in a key upcoming case -Ford patents removable wheel…
Today is August 14th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -HOW YOUR PHONE NUMBER BECAME THE ONLY USERNAME THAT MATTERS -Blizzard and DeepMind turn StarCraft II into an AI research lab -Startup Neurable Unveils the World's First Brain-Controlled VR Game…
Today is August 7th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Woodrow Gustafson. -Darpa Wants to Build a BS Detector for Science -The All Controller controls all your consoles -Hyperloop One's passenger pod takes its first ride -Facebook engineers panic,…
Today is August 12th, 2019 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Academy cadets’ invention to support battlefield Airmen awarded patent https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/1925461/academy-cadets-invention-to-support-battlefield-airmen-awarded-patents 4 Ways AI Can Assist Minimising Maritime Accidents - Sea News Global Maritime News https://seanews.co.uk/features/4-ways-ai-can-assist-minimising-maritime-accidents Carnegie Mellon…
Today is July 31st, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Elon Musk shares footage of The Boring Company’s first working car elevator -Disney Is Building Facial Recognition to Figure Out When You'll Laugh During Toy Story 5 -Disney plans to…
Today is July 24th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Google Glass is officially back with a clearer vision -In a fragmented VR market, one company wants to unite them all -This ‘shape-display’ robot follows your hand and simulates the…
Today is July 17th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Want to Stop Distracted Driving? Start by Figuring Out How People Really Drive -How L’Oréal is using VR to make decisions in its New York HQ -Photobucket's 'ransom demand' is…
Today is July 3rd, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -The mere presence of your smartphone reduces brain power, study shows -YouTube's VR180 solves some of VR's biggest problems - by chopping it in half -Facebook may finally have to…
Today is July 29nd, 2019 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Elon Musk’s Neuralink looks to begin outfitting human brains with faster input and output starting next year https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/16/elon-musks-neuralink-looks-to-begin-outfitting-human-brains-with-faster-input-and-output-starting-next-year Scientists Have Created a Prosthetic Arm That Lets Patients…
Today is July 22nd, 2019 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome, Blake Arnsdorff with special guest Jeff Olson. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS 35 Injured on Air Canada Flight to Australia After Aircraft Hits 'Sudden Turbulence' https://gizmodo.com/35-injured-on-air-canada-flight-to-australia-after-airc-1836296050 Video Captures Delta Air Lines MD-88 Engine Failing Mid-Flight…
Today is June 26th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Senators reveal plans for national self-driving car legislation -RE2 is making bomb-defusing robots as intuitive to control as your own hands -A tiny sensor turns any stationary bike into a…
Today is June 13th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Director of Typing-by-Brain Project Discusses How Facebook Will Get Inside Your Head -Facebook's new maps will help responders during natural disasters -Your Car's Tires Could Soon Know When Roads Are…
Today is June 5th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -FDA Assembles Team to Oversee AI Revolution in Health -Google Sheets now uses machine learning to help you visualize your data -This is how a self-driving car ‘sees’ the road…
Today is May 29th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Wearable Devices Communicate Vital Brain Activity Information -Fitness trackers accurately measure heart rate but not calories burned -Change at work linked to employee stress, distrust and intent to quit -3…
Today is July 8th, 2019 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Simple ‘smart’ glass reveals the future of artificial vision https://www.engr.wisc.edu/simple-smart-glass-reveals-future-artificial-vision/ User in yer face is an online museum of design horrors https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/07/04/user-in-yer-face-is-an-online-museum-of-design-horrors/ With little training, machine-learning algorithms…
Today is May 22nd, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Safety Benefits of Highway Infrastructure Investments -New Google Maps Update Makes It Even Harder To Get Lost -WannaCry Update: Microsoft Pushes a Digital Geneva Convention -Researchers look to boost crowdsourced…
Today is May 15th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Elyse Hallett. -Latest PLA Safety Campaign Targets Human Error | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide -Blind runners are finding their own way thanks to new sonic tech -CHI 2017: Interesting…
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…
Today is May 1st, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Google tweaks Search to help combat ‘fake news’ -FaceApp apologizes for building a racist AI -DARPA Wants to Hack Your Brain to Make You Learn Faster -Drunk man may have…