The Human-Technology Podcast

The vehicle industry and its products are undergoing radical change. From the combustion engine to the electric motor. From the island of disconnectivity to the rolling data producer. From manual driving to driver assistance to autonomous vehicles. In addition, there is the influence of the corona pandemic on all areas of the economy, including trade fairs and congresses. An IAA in these times and...

Olivier Cros is Director, Head of Automotive & of Education at MyScript®. MyScript® is a technology company providing handwriting recognition for various applications from smartphones to cars. I talked with Olivier about what brought him to the point where he is, what made him the person he is, what his company does, and how he sees the future of mobility, driver distraction, and HMIs.

Simon Sinek's Golden Circle is a tool or a mindset that is very useful in management, leadership, business, personal development, and life in general. The book title "Start with Why" describes the principle in one sentence. A strong "why" is the engine, a driver, the fixed star for business, work, and life. The "how" and finally the "what" follows from this. I designed the 3P principle (personalit...

The coronavirus is changing all areas of our life: work, private life, mobility, communication, being together as people, groups, and societies. It is also changing the vehicle industry and its products, and our mobility. Much of it had been known for a long time and is now visible and accelerated as if under a magnifying glass. The virus is a turbocharger for change!

Christian Delise is the founder and director of Delise Design Works, an automotive design studio out of San Francisco. Before starting his own business he had various design positions at Volkswagen, Lamborghini, and Toyota. I am honored that Christian spend half an hour with me chatting about vehicle design, the relationship between humans and technology, and the influence of the digital world on...

Last week a highly emotional event took place for everyone involved: the first on-site meeting, the first offline conference in what felt like years. Defacto it was only a few months, but everyone could tell that it was a special event. I summarize and comment on the main points of the conference.

Hamed Yahyaei is Design Lead and Senior UX, CX & Service Designer at Scania, the Swedish truck OEM. We talked about his life, his journey towards technology design, the difference between user experience and customer experience, and his views on the future of the automotive world. Interesting insights you should not miss!

There is no such thing as THE ONE science, but a large number of different disciplines. And within the individual disciplines, there are different directions, schools of thought, and views. In this episode of the human-technology podcast, I take a look at the history of science and then out a focus on the two sciences that, in my opinion, have the biggest influence on the design of human-technolog...

Technology is very close to us, it gets on us. Or even into the body. That has advantages, makes sense, creates value. But it also creates a dull, negative feeling, insecurity, and fear. Using three automotive technologies as examples, two of which generate or use closeness, one distance, I discuss the closeness-distance relationship between humans and technology.

There are always situations in which creativity is required. Whether in the development of technology and HMIs or in other life situations. In this episode, I present three creativity techniques with which I have achieved enormous success with my clients.

Thinking Fast and Slow is the main publication by Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman. It is on the topics of thinking, decision making, and acting. For our brain, it defines the fast and imprecise system 1 and the analytical, slow system 2. I have extracted three theses from the book and analyze how they can influence the development of technology.

Automated driving, self-driving vehicles, and, at the end of the day, rolling robots that autonomously manage entire routes are some of the visions of the future and are some of the major megatrends in the automotive industry. The different levels of automation are defining how the relationship between people and technology, between driver and vehicle, is designed. Based on SAE levels 0 to 5, I wi...

The first industrial revolution started in England at the end of the 18th century. Agrarian societies turned into industrial societies, the foundations for the highly technological world of today had been created. I analyze the industrial revolutions from 1 to 4, their effects on the relationship between people and technology, and what that means for HMIs (human-machine interfaces). This episode d...

The first industrial revolution started in England at the end of the 18th century. Agrarian societies turned into industrial societies, the foundations for the highly technological world of today had been created. I analyze the industrial revolutions from 1 to 4, their effects on the relationship between people and technology, and what that means for HMIs (human-machine interfaces). This episode d...

We need to know everything about humans to design technology. And not vice versa. When looking at the relationship between humans and technology, the focus is often on technology. What is good, what is bad, what works, and what does not? And it's about the interaction, what happens between the two parties. This week like in the last, I'll take a closer look at humans. From a very special perspecti...

We need to know everything about humans to design technology. And not vice versa. When looking at the relationship between humans and technology, the focus is often on technology. What is good, what is bad, what works, and what does not? And it's about the interaction, what happens between the two parties. This week and the next, I'll take a closer look at humans. From a very special perspective....

This is episode two of two. If you have not heard the first episode you may return to last week and listen to it first! Designing an HMI, GUI, interface solution is in some parts a highly creative process, and I'm some parts following a strict procedure. After collecting the relevant data, the knowledge shall be turned into some concept. In this episode, I'm describing the steps required to get a...

Designing an HMI, GUI, interface solution is in some parts a highly creative process, and I'm some parts following a strict procedure. After collecting the relevant data, the knowledge shall be turned into some concept. In this episode and the next one, I'm describing the steps required to get a solution with perfect usability and user experience.

Amanda Stockwell is President of Stockwell Strategy. With her business, she has a focus on user research. She collects all the data the techy guys need to create successful products. Amanda talks about a boat trip to Mexico, which was totally unusual, about the way she sees our highly technological way, about her education and her various positions. And she lets us know, how lollipops influenced h...

This episode of podcasts is the beginning of a mini-series on the topic of the User-Centered Design Process. People with their desires, dreams, and skills should be at the center of thinking about and developing technology. At the beginning of the process, there is an analysis procedure, in which the existing data, the environment, the tasks, the skills of the user are. A user-oriented HMI solutio...

Driving becomes more and more automated. From single assistant systems like lane-keeping in-vehicle technologies grow and merge towards fully automated and autonomous driving. The relationship between humans and cars will change drastically, the entire usability, user experience, and HMI design will change dramatically. Episode 2 discussed the changes in user experience for drivers, passengers, an...

Driving becomes more and more automated. From single assistant systems like lane-keeping in-vehicle technologies grow and merge towards fully automated and autonomous driving. The relationship between humans and cars will change drastically, the entire usability, user experience, and HMI design will change dramatically. Episode 1 focuses on the dream of autonomous mobility, the history of vehicle...

Sam Clark is the founder and CEO of Conjure, a London-based HMI and graphic design studio. Amongst others, he developed solutions for Ford and Triumph Motorcycles. He has his view on the status and the future of the automotive industry. And he talks about it!

The term "intuitive" is often used when demands are made on the usability of technology. Every company, every corporation claims that the technology developed is intuitive. What is intuitiveness? How is it created? And how can it be ensured in the development process? Most of us know intuitively what intuitiveness means. Based on the activation theory of Bärentsen and Trettvik, I am discussing the...

Technologies are often hyped at first, only to fail grandly. 80-90% of all innovations do not make it to success. This episode of the Human-Technology podcast is about the why, why do innovations fail, and three technologies that are currently immensely popular and that I don't believe in. These are electric and autonomous flying taxis, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and the acquisition of Zoox by Amazo...