Human Factors Cast

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 make augmented reality a shared experience -Take On Me' app turns your home into an '80s music video -House l...

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 surface you’re touching in VR -How Dungeons &; Dragons' New App Will Make Role-Playing Easier Than Ever -Low-C...

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 a masterclass in how not to treat your users -Ohio is now the fifth U.S. state to permit delivery robots on sidewalks...

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 compromise its user experience in order to keep growing -Facebook’s internet-beaming drone completed its second te...

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 VR workout machine -A Colonoscopy Robot and Other Weird Biomedical Tech From IEEE's Biggest Robotics C...

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 Wet and Slippery Before You Do -In-Person Requests Are More Effective Than Electronic Ones...

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 -How Have I Lived My Whole Life Without an Extra Pair of Robot Arms? -This Robotic Exosuit Could Turn You Into a Super...

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 Innovations In The Safety Industry Happening Right Now -The "Goldilocks" Level of Tee...

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 brainstorming: Online module designed to accompany study -Amazon to bring opt-i...

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 Interfaces -CHI 2017: Virtual Reality -Study: VR twice as effective as morphine at treating pain -Apple’...

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 peop...

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 started the robot uprising -Movie research results: Multitasking overloads the brain: The brain works most efficiently when...

Today is April 17th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff, and Mia Jaramillo. -MasterCard trials biometric bankcard with embedded fingerprint reader -Facebook is building a brain-computer interface -Facebook launches beta of Spaces, its goofy and fun social VR platform -MIT's app only needs a second to teach you a new language -Google Home can now r...

Today is April 17th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -GM plans to deploy hundreds of autonomous vehicles across the country for testing -Cadillac’s Answer to a Self-Driving Puzzle: Shoving a Camera in Your Face -Air Force tests air-to-ground strikes with an autonomous F-16 wingman -AI can predict heart attacks more accurately than doctors -Alg...

Today is April 10th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Daimler and Bosch: fully autonomous cars within 5 years -Mercedes Promises Self-Driving Taxis in Just Three Years -Driverless pods begin ferrying the public around Greenwich -Waze's traffic data could help emergency services save lives -Disney Could Go Westworld With New Patent Filing for S...

Today is April 3rd, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. -Windows Creators Update Is Full of Neat Tricks You'll Never Use -Congress Just Gave Internet Providers the Green Light to Sell Your Browsing History Without Consent -You Can Now Beg for Money on Facebook -Man with quadriplegia employs brian interface to move again -Twitter will no longer coun...

Today is March 28th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Mia Jaramillo. -Sting Operation Reveals Science's Insane Fake News Problem http://gizmodo.com/sting-operation-reveals-sciences-insane-fake-news-probl-1793523135 -Walmart’s Vudu app now converts your physical movies to digital for $2 each https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/23/walmarts-vuvu-app...

Today is March 21st, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Nick Porter. -Moon shoes for astronauts -Buzz Aldrin’s VR Experience -Lowes uses AR/VR -Alexa + animatronic skull -Intel’s genderless AI -Rapping Robots -Skull drilling robot -Autonomy in surgery -DARPA’s brain controlled prosthetics -Netflix rating method changes -Amazon’s fashion AI -ON...

Today is March 14th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -CIA’s hacking technique -Taser’s nightmare surveillance -More jobs for drone pilots -Airbus’ flying pod -Technology is a behavior problem -Airbnb wants community, not AI -Hamburger flipping robot -Facebook’s plan for sharing VR -Uptime, social youtube experience -Official D&D app -SMS from...

Today is 3/7/2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Alexa. -NASA's free software -Amazon Web Services -Yelp will help you find a gender neutral bathroom -Walmart express lanes -Google Play Games rated on user engagement -Xbox game pass -Nintendo Switch has design issues -TASER's automatic body cameras -Haptic wristband helps blind -Facebook preven...

Today is February 27, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Selecting mates based on "wish list" -Would you want to know the future? -YouTube gets 1 billion hours of views a day -JavaScript based driving algorithm -Communicating with BCIs -Bonding over hatred -AR may save you from road rage -Cloudbleed -VR haptic suit -Amazon Echo: Murder she spoke...

Today is February 20, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Billy Hall and Blake Arnsdorff. -AR for blind -Missile mistake -Firebreathing drones -Facebook knows more about you than your mom -SpaceX launches satellite -MRIs diagnosing autism -Donate your medical data -Improved electrodes for HBIs -Microsoft Drone Simulator 2017 -Doom in Porche 911 -Hey 'puter -Model...

Today is February 13, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Billy Hall and Blake Arnsdorff. -Hulu VR -VR surgery -Replacing traffic lights -Google Maps ""To-Do"" list -Elon Musk on Human Brain Interfaces -Uber's flying cars -Google Apps might get cleaned up -Spotify's weather app -Sapio matches people on intelligence -ENHANCE! -Bill Nye is back. Follow us on Twitter...

Today is February 6, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Woodrow Gustafson -Locked-in Syndrome gets a say -Control Netflix with your mind! -The brain and spaceflight -MIT's new smartwatch knows how you feel -Lego Life -Superbowl in VR -PS4's new update (HDD and 3D movies) -Nintendo Switch coming to VR? -Lawsuit over internet speeds -Smartphone app weeds out jerk p...

"Today is January 30, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Billy Hall and Blake Arnsdorff. -Doomsday Clock -Sean Spicer tweets his password? -Boeing's new space suits -Amazon echo's new wake word -Match.com's ""Missed connections"" -Resident Evil 7 might make you sick -Facebook Messenger's ads -6 HUD design tips -Human-pig Factors Cast -1984 is Amazon's Best Seller...