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Sept. 25, 2018

HFCast Ep107 - Walmart VR Training, Pressurized Cabin Failures, and Rural Human Factors

Today is September 24th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Walmart is putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in its stores to help train employees in VR https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/20/walmart-is-putting-17000-oculus-go-headsets-in-its-stores-to-help-train-employees-in-vr/ Airline Passengers Bleed From Ears and Nose After Crew Forgets…

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Sept. 18, 2018

HFCast Ep 106 - Brain Interfaces, Space Tourism, and Apple Watch

Today is September 17th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Are Digital Devices Altering Our Brains? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-digital-devices-altering-our-brains/ DARPA Wants Brain Interfaces for Able-Bodied Warfighters https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/darpa-wants-brain-interfaces-for-able-bodied-warfighters SpaceX announces plan to announce plan to send someone around the moon…

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Sept. 10, 2018

HFCast Ep105 - Killing URLs, Bleeding Robots, and Decision-detecting AI

Today is September 10th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. WIN A TRIP TO HFES! www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2066ebca0/ HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Google Wants to Kill the URL www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/ This Hyper-Real Robot Will Cry and Bleed on Med Students www.wired.com/story/hal-robot/ World first in…

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Sept. 5, 2018

HFCast Ep104 - Reproducing Science, deepWay Navigation, and Robotic Implants

Today is September 4th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. WIN A TRIP TO HFES! www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2066ebca0/ HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Scientists Only Able to Reproduce Results for 13 out of 21 Human Behavior Studies https://gizmodo.com/scientists-only-able-to-reproduce-results-for-13-out-of-1828632222 Now visually impaired can navigate easily…

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Aug. 29, 2018

HFCast Ep103 - S18 Demo, Fusion Telepresence, and Smart Roads

Today is August 28th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. WIN A TRIP TO HFES! https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2066ebca0/ HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Here are the 63 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 1 https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/20/here-are-the-63-startups-that-launched-today-at-y-combinators-s18-demo-day-1/ Fusion: A Collaborative Robotic Telepresence…

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Aug. 21, 2018

HFCast Ep102 - Working After Hours, Body Scanners, and Robot Eye Contact

Today is August 20th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. WIN A TRIP TO HFES! https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2066ebca0/ HFES Auction https://www.hfes.org/ContentCMS/ContentPages/oWSPFGFfdPI%3D/?Id=5KI0M6BGT40=#Auction HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Employer expectations on off-hours email: new study shows adverse health effects on workers and families https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-employer-emailexpectations.html RPI scientists…

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Aug. 14, 2018

HFCast Ep101 - Robots Begging for their Lives, Turning Right, and Stolen Planes

Today is August 13th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Woodrow Gustafson. WIN A TRIP TO HFES! https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2066ebca0/ HFES Auction https://www.hfes.org/ContentCMS/ContentPages/oWSPFGFfdPI%3D/?Id=5KI0M6BGT40=#Auction HUMAN FACTORS NEWS New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17642868/robots-turn-off-beg-not-to-empathy-media-equation More…

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Aug. 7, 2018

HFCast Ep100 - DARPAs AI, Machine Learning Ethics, and Healthcare Breakthroughs

EDITOR CORRECTION: 53:50 should say @HFES . E, not V. Today is August 6th, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. https://www.hfes.org/ContentCMS/ContentPages/oWSPFGFfdPI%3D/?Id=5KI0M6BGT40=#Auction HUMAN FACTORS NEWS DARPA pushes for AI that can explain its decisions https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/23/darpa-third-wave-ai-support/ The ethics of computer science: this…

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Oct. 17, 2016

E139 - Robotic Shorts, Hand Tracking Algorithm, and Heathrow Shut Down

Today is September 2nd, 2019 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Scientists develop robotic shorts that make it easier to walk and run https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/19/20811832/exosuit-shorts-running-walking-darpa-harvard-university VIDEO ASSET New Hand-Tracking Algorithm Could Be a Big Step in Sign Language Recognition…

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