Human Factors Cast

This week on the show, we talk about how COVID has changed the study of human behavior and answer questions from the community about taking a part time contracts on top of your full time job, writing interview questions for two different user groups, and discussing what’s up with the anti-academic sentiment in UX. Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/230 Recorded live on January 6th, 2...

We did it. We made it through 2021. Huge thank you to all of our listeners (old and new) that make it worth it for us to do the show. Seriously, we could not do this without you! Now let’s recap every single news story we looked at, but didn’t cover on the show. We’re looking at every single Human Factors News story of 2021! Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/2021-recap Recorded in D...

Join us on Friday, December 17 at 1pm ET for our first HFES Presidential Town Hall. HFES President Christopher Reid and HFES President-Elect Carolyn Sommerich will join Human Factors Cast host Nick Roome for an hour long podcast discussing latest HF/E industry news and trends. How did we do? Let us know here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/72BWRNM

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Addressing climate change, and sustainability efforts requires us to change our beliefs, assumptions, and thinking about the environment, our economies, and our well being. In order to change these, we must be aware of many common oversights when considering sustainable thinking. Most people look for evidence that confirms existing beliefs and tend to r...

This week on the show, we talk about how scientists are building trust in human-robot relationships through performative music and dance and answer some questions from the community about the ethics of working for companies that encourage detrimental behaviors.and how to improve morale in companies and teams. Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/229 Recorded live on December 16th, 2021...

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Many plastics are used for single-use disposable applications, such as packaging, agricultural films and disposable consumer items, and is the main source of waste plastics. Human factors plays a key role when considering the materials and design features of these plastics and can help manufacturers achieve functional yet reusable product designs. Howev...

This week on the show, we talk about how Mars Mission astronauts are worrying scientists by increasing their autonomy in remote isolation and answer some questions from the community about mustering up motivation to work on your tasking, how to negotiate salary through counter offers, and how to deal with difficult clients who don’t know what they want. . Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast...

Ensuring trash and recycling makes it into proper receptacles is important because it prevents pollution, reduces the need to harvest new raw materials, and is critical for reducing runoff of materials into the ocean Human factors plays a key role when considering the design of these recepticles and their environment to encourage adoption Some ways in which Human Factors can encourage people to ut...

This week on the show, we talk about how Artificial Intelligence in vehicles will be able to adapt to our needs and answer some questions from the community about working at a company that doesn't use particular tools, how to approach a situation if you do the work of a Human Factors or UX person, but don’t have the job title, and how to create a portfolio with projects that don’t have “real users...

..and now for another Human Factors Minute! Oil spills happen in rivers, bays and the ocean and are most often caused by accidents involving tankers, barges and oil rigs, among other facilities . But a common cause across all of these oil spills is people making mistakes In the oil and gas industry, Human Factors is an essential component in the effort to operate in a safe and efficient manner to...

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Safety is a large concern in waste collection as it has a higher than average fatal injury rate when compared to industry. Waste collection work is associated with a variety of physical, chemical, and biological hazards. Some studies and reports suggest that fatal injuries when exposed to these hazards are more than doubling when considering door-to-doo...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/226 | Recorded live on November 18th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome, & Barry Kirby. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Cast Joins #Teamseas https://www.humanfactorscast.media/HFC-Joins-TeamSeas/ | News: Making self-driving cars human-friendly https://www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/news/article/4931/making-self-driving-cars-human-friendly Image Source: Pexe...

The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors have released a document Defining climate ergonomics Climate ergonomics is a scientific discipline that focuses on human interactions, and their effect on the macro-climate that they inhabit. Climate ergonomics applies theory, data, and methods to optimize both human and climate well-being and operates within three main areas: Cognitive, whic...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/225 | Recorded live on November 11th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome, & Barry Kirby. | Programming Notes: ErgoX Preview: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/ErgoX2021-Preview/ Human Factors Cast Joins #Teamseas https://www.humanfactorscast.media/HFC-Joins-TeamSeas/ | News: Doctors should rely less on ‘mental shortcuts’ when deciding patient care https://...

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Human Factors Cast has partnered with a ton of other content creators for #TeamSeas! The goal is to get 30 million pounds of trash out of the ocean. By partnering with non-profit cleanup organizations all over the world, for every dollar this makes, there will be one less pound of trash in the ocean, beaches, and rivers. From trash-eating robots that si...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/ergox2021-preview Recorded on November 8th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome. | Join us as we preview #ERGOX2021 | Visit the ErgoX 2021 Website: https://www.ergox2021.com/ - Image source: ErgoX | Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome - Follow Blake: https://www.instagram.com/dontpanicux/ - Join us on Discord:https://go.humanfactorscast.media/Dis...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/224 | Recorded live on November 4th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome, & Barry Kirby. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Minute now available on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/2YymwRZOuOID0YllDI7ci5 | News: Remote Work Can Be Better for Innovation Than In-Person Meetings https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/remote-work-can-be-better-for-inno...

| This week we have a special preview from the upcoming episode of Barry Kirby’s 1202 The Human Factors Podcast! Why is it special? Well, our very own Nick Roome sat in the hot seat! Take a listen to the first 5 minutes of the episode here, in our feed, then listen to the full episode on Monday, November 1st 2021 on the 1202 feed! 1202 The Human Factors Podcast: Website: https://www.1202podcast.co...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/223 | Recorded live on October 21st, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome, Barry Kirby, & Frank Lacson. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Minute now available on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/2YymwRZOuOID0YllDI7ci5 Did you attend HFES2021 and want to share your thoughts? Leave us a voicemail! https://www.humanfactorscast.media/voicemail | News: New...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/222 | Recorded live on October 14th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Minute now available on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/2YymwRZOuOID0YllDI7ci5 Did you attend HFES2021 and want to share your thoughts? Leave us a voicemail! https://www.humanfactorscast.media/voicemail | News: Koma 1.5 can be eit...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/221 | Recorded live on October 7th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Minute now available on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/2YymwRZOuOID0YllDI7ci5 Did you attend HFES2021 and want to share your thoughts? Leave us a voicemail! https://www.humanfactorscast.media/voicemail | News: New augmented realit...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/220 | Recorded live on September 30th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. | Programming Notes: Join the Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab! https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/human-factors-cast-digital-media-lab/ | News: Emoji are proposed as a powerful way for patients and doctors to communicate https://www.massgeneral.org/news/press-rel...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/219 | Recorded live on September 23rd, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. | Programming notes: Neuroergonomics Conference: https://www.neuroergonomicsconference.um.ifi.lmu.de/ | News: New Model for Solving Novel Problems Uses Mental Map https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-model-solving-novel-problems-uses-mental-map https://www.nature.com/articl...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/NEC21-Recap | Pre-Recorded in September, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome. | Join us as we recap #NEC21 | Visit the Neuroergonomics Conference 2021 Website: https://www.neuroergonomicsconference.um.ifi.lmu.de/ Join the Neuroergonomics Discord:.https://tinyurl.com/NEC21discord. - Image source: Neuroergonomics Conference |Follow Lewis: https://twitter.com/L...

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/NEC21-Preview | Recorded on September 9th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. | Join us as we preview #NEC21 | Visit the Neuroergonomics Conference 2021 Website: https://www.neuroergonomicsconference.um.ifi.lmu.de/ - Image source: Neuroergonomics Conference | Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome - Follow Blake: https://www.in...