Human Factors Cast

Human Factors Cast

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. Hosted by Nick Roome, Blake Arnsdorff, and Barry Kirby.

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Human Factors Cast

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Technology

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www.humanfactorscast.media

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Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

E218 - What cognitive abilities improve as we age? 10.09.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/218 | Recorded live on September 9th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming notes: Neuroergonomics Conference: https://www.neuroergonomicsconference.um.ifi.lmu.de/ Humanoid Robots Deep Dive: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/a-deep-dive-into-humanoid-robots/ | News: Key mental abilities can actually improve during agi...

User Experience Professionals Association 2021 Recap | #UXPA2021 | Bonus Episode 05.09.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/UXPA2021-recap | Recorded on September 3rd, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Christy Harper. | Join us as we take a look back at#UXPA2021. | Visit the UXPA International 2021 Website: https://uxpa2021.org/ - Image source: UXPA International | Follow Christy: - https://www.endtoenduserresearch.com/ - https://twitter.com/Christyy41 - https://www.instagr...

E217 - How will Humanoid Robots Improve your Life? 03.09.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/217 | Recorded live on September 2nd, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming notes: Enter for a chance to win a ticket to Neuroergonomics Conference 2021: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/win-a-ticket-to-neuroergonomics-conference-2021/ | News: Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots: https://www.theverge.com/2...

E216 - Virtual Reality: The Key for Learning? 27.08.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/216 | Recorded live on August 26th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming notes: Neuroergonomics Conference 2021: https://www.neuroergonomicsconference.um.ifi.lmu.de/ Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/human-factors-cast-digital-media-lab/ | News: NYUAD Researchers Demonstrate Effectivene...

E215 - Imposter Syndrome: When and Why You Should Worry? 20.08.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/215 | Recorded live on August 19th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Women, early-career academics more likely to feel like 'impostors' in disciplines that prize brilliance, study finds: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/august/women--early-career-academics-more-likely-to-feel-like--impostor.html - Image sour...

E214 - Can Games Improve In-Flight Passenger Safety? 13.08.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/214 | Recorded live on August 12th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Evaluation of Serious Games for Passenger Education I: Aircraft Safety Information Retention Across Media Types: https://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2020s/media/202122.pdf - Image source: Unsplash | Extra Links from Live Chat...

E213 - What do Flying Cars Mean for the Future of Transportation? 06.08.2021

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/e213-what-do-flying-cars-mean-for-the-future-of-transportation/ Recorded live on August 5th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | News: AirCar prototype completes its first inter-city flight: https://www.engadget.com/aircar-first-inter-city-flight-092852060.html | It Came From: How much UX is too much? | adamwintle | /r/userexperience. So...

E212 - How Does “Speed” Affect Transportation Planning? 09.07.2021

Recorded live on July 8th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Cast is taking a summer hiatus. We’ll be back on 07/29/21! | News: Better Speed Valuation for Transportation Planning: https://vtpi.org/nsf.pdf | It Came From: Thoughts on working at a design/HF agency vs a product based/in house company? | u/guptaaa98 | r/userexperience What do you do when...

E211 - Does ‘Rudeness’ Impact Patient Treatment? 02.07.2021

Recorded live on July 1st, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming Notes: A Deep Dive into Using Algorithms to Detect Preferences from Brain Waves: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/a-deep-dive-into-using-algorithms-to-detect-preferences-from-brain-waves/ Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/human-factors-cast-digital-media-lab/ | New...

E210 - Can Algorithms Detect Preferences from Brain Waves? 18.06.2021

Recorded live on June 17th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming Notes: A Deep Dive into Using Mobile Technology to Monitor Mental Wellbeing: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/a-deep-dive-into-using-mobile-technology-to-monitor-mental-wellbeing/ Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/human-factors-cast-digital-media-lab/ | News: Comp...

E209 - Can we use Mobile Technology to Monitor Mental Wellbeing? 11.06.2021

Recorded live on June 10th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming Notes: A Deep Dive into How Work Pandemic Protocols Influence Employee Behavior: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/a-deep-dive-into-how-work-pandemic-protocols-influence-employee-behavior/ Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/human-factors-cast-digital-media-lab/ | Ne...

E208 - Work Pandemic Protocols Influence Employee Behavior 04.06.2021

Recorded live on June 3rd, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming Notes: A Deep Dive into Virtual Reality's Effect on Temporal Perception: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/A-Deep-Dive-on-the-Human-Factors-of-Cave-Syndrome/ Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/a-deep-dive-into-virtual-realitys-effect-on-temporal-perception/ | News...

E207 - VR Warps Perception of Time 28.05.2021

Recorded live on May 27th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Blake Arnsdorff. | Programming Notes: Human Factors Cast Digital Media Lab: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/human-factors-cast-digital-media-lab/ Welcome Katie Sabo! Check out her first article on our blog: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/blog/A-Deep-Dive-on-the-Human-Factors-of-Cave-Syndrome/ | News: Virtual reality warps your sense...

E206 - COVID-19 ‘Cave Syndrome’ 20.05.2021

Recorded live on May 19th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome & Erin Richie. | News: ‘Cave Syndrome’ Keeps the Vaccinated in Social Isolation | https://bit.ly/3yrF1LS | It Came From: Constantly feeling overwhelmed with work - need advice | JessicaPerelman | /r/userexperience Difference between Experimental Psych and HFEng | randomacctr20 | /r/humanfactors Is it normal to feel like you dont know anything?...

E205 - Brain Signals Drive Exoskeletons with Therapy 07.05.2021

Recorded live on May 6th, 2021, hosted by Blake Arnsdorff & Elyse Hallett | News: Brain Signals Can Drive Exoskeleton Parts Better With Therapy: https://bit.ly/3tZFeDk | It Came From: How do you handle a user interview when your interviewee talks too much? Iamjustheretoexist /r/userexperience Entering HF Field - DaSkepDick /r/humanfactors | Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome - Follow...

E204 - How Cybersecurity Affects Smart Farms 30.04.2021

Recorded live on April 29th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Cybersecurity Report: “Smart Farms” Are Hackable Farms: https://bit.ly/38IgcAf | It Came From: Mentioning difficult clients during interviews - Helvetica4eva /r/userexperience HF Masters questions - kybanz /r/humanfactors | One more thing… Design Lab on remote testing: https://trydesignlab.com/blog/rapid-remote-te...

Interview with Myrtede Alfred | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode 29.04.2021

Recorded on April 20th, 2021, hosted by Elyse Hallett with Myrtede Alfred. Dr. Myrtede Alfred is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She conducts research on surgical instrument reprocessing, anesthesia medication safety, robotic-assisted surgery, and maternal health disparities. In her role,...

Interview with Digital Health Student Design Competition Winners | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode 29.04.2021

Recorded on April 21st, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome with Sofia Noejovich, Dhivya Umachandran, and Anna Linden. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society once again invited students to participate in the "Mobile Health Applications for Consumers" Design Competition in conjunction with the 2021 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. Join us as we talk to the winners (T...

E203 - Challenges of Flying a Helicopter on Mars 23.04.2021

Recorded live on April 22nd, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Ingenuity’s Chief Pilot Explains How to Fly a Helicopter on Mars: https://bit.ly/3mJcUCw | It Came From: Think-Aloud Protocol: Useless, or practical? - Anonymous Patron Advice on how to land internships? - Shaq S on Discord How do you measure your performance and keep track of your metrics? - Agleimielga on /r/use...

Recap of 2021 HFES International Symposium on Healthcare in HF | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode 22.04.2021

Recorded live on April 21st, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Elyse Hallett. | Join us as we recap this year's Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's International Symposium on Health Care. #HCS2021Sympoisum. View the HFES Health Care Symposium Website: https://www.hcs2021.org/ | Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome/ - Follow Elyse: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elysehallett/ - Follow Blake...

Interview with Rebecca Butler | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode 21.04.2021

Recorded on April 19th, 2021, hosted by Elyse Hallett with Rebecca Butler. Rebecca Butler is an Operations Manager for the MedStar Health system safety team. In this role, she helps manage the system’s adverse event reporting and review processes. Rebecca specializes in integrating human factors engineering and safety science principles to create and implement solutions that increase safety throug...

E202 - First Human Use of HIgh-Bandwidth Wireless BCI 16.04.2021

Recorded on April 15th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Researchers demonstrate first human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface https://bit.ly/3mpz9x3 | It Came From: Are there any Heuristics for physical spaces? - Michelle Trip on Patreon https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910 https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2020/11/univers...

Preview of 2021 HFES International Symposium on Healthcare in HF | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode 13.04.2021

Recorded live on April 12th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Elyse Hallett. Join us as we take a sneak peek at what to expect from the #HCS2021Sympoisum. View the HFES Health Care Symposium Website: https://www.hcs2021.org/ Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome Follow Elyse: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elysehallett/ Follow Blake: https://www.twitter.com/DontPanicUX Design Lab UX Courses W...

E201 - Wrist Mounted Wearable for Human Computer Interaction 09.04.2021

Recorded on April 8th, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Facebook’s wearable that uses nerve signals to control AR environments https://tech.fb.com/inside-facebook-reality-labs-wrist-based-interaction-for-the-next-computing-platform/ | It Came From: Quitting my new job 6 weeks in? How bad is this? Do I even care? https://www.reddit.com/r/userexperience/comments/mmuc6a/quittin...

E200 - Technology for the Vision Impaired 02.04.2021

Recorded on April 1st, 2021, hosted by Nick Roome and Blake Arnsdorff. | News: Neuroscientists Unveil Tech for the Vision Impaired: Bionic Eyes, Textured Tablets and More https://bit.ly/39aMofL | It Came From: Let’s hear from our Human Factors Cast friends! | Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome - Follow Blake: https://www.twitter.com/DontPanicUX - Design Lab UX Courses With Blake: http...

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