Human Factors Weekly News
Welcome to the Human Factors Cast Weekly News Roundup, a weekly roundup of all news related to Human Factors, Psychology, Design, and Technology as it relates to humans. These stories are selected as potential topics for Human Factors Cast's weekly podcast. Want this in your RSS/Feed reader? Grab our RSS Feed here.
Our Top News Stories
These consist of news stories that we feel have enough substance to them to justify a 20-30 minute segment on the podcast. Our Patreons decide which topics we discuss on the show from these types of news stories.
- An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute
- FDA Gives Go-Ahead for Robotic Exoskeleton For Stroke Survivors
- DARPA wants AR goggles to help soldiers with complex tasks
- Roboticists Want to Give You a Third Arm
Human Factors News
These consist of news stories that have a human factors application, but may just be a brief one-liner (e.g. not a whole lot to talk about but cool enough for us to share).
- FAA Says Computer System Update Should Prevent Another Glitch That Grounded 11,000 Planes
- Multiple OSHA Violations Identified in Video of Boston Dynamics Robot Assisting Construction Worker
- Guy "Outsources" His Own Memory to AI
- Does Thinking Aloud Affect Task Metrics?
- Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering
- Risk-Based Inspection and Strength Evaluation of Suspension Bridge Main Cable Systems
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