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May 29, 2018

Human Factors Cast E092 - Alexa Hacks, Self-Driving Cars, Robot counselor, Uber crash report

Human Factors Cast E092 - Alexa Hacks, Self-Driving Cars, Robot counselor, Uber crash report

Today is May 28st, 2018 and it's an all new Huma…

Today is May 28st, 2018 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff & Elyse Hallett. HUMAN FACTORS NEWS Your Worst Alexa Nightmares Are Coming True https://gizmodo.com/your-worst-alexa-nightmares-are-coming-true-1826327301/amp Trust in Self-Driving Cars Has Plummeted in the Last 6 Months https://gizmodo.com/trust-in-self-driving-cars-has-plummeted-in-the-last-6-1826220779/amp NTSB's preliminary report on Uber crash focuses on emergency braking https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/24/ntsb-preliminary-report-uber-self-driving-crash-emergency-braking/ Could robots be counselors? Early research shows positive user experience: New research has shown for the first time that a social robot can deliver a 'helpful' and 'enjoyable' motivational interview https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180503142720.htm See what the world is searching for with the updated Google Trends https://www.blog.google/topics/trends/see-what-world-searching-updated-google-trends/ IT CAME FROM REDDIT Having a hard time coming up with a bachelor thesis (topic: usability) via /r/userexperience https://www.reddit.com/r/userexperience/comments/8iergq/having_a_hard_time_coming_up_with_a_bachelor/?utm_source=ifttt Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast Follow us on Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/HumanFactorsCast Our official website: https://www.humanfactorscast.com Follow Nick: https://www.twitter.com/Nick_Roome Follow Blake: https://www.twitter.com/DontPanicUX Follow Elyse: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyse-hallett-96754b8a/ Follow Philippe Doyon-Poulin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-doyon-poulin-793740117/ Join us on Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/hfcast/shared_invite/enQtMjQ0MDY3NDAzNzk5LWM2YzJlOGFiNDAwMjBhYTA5ZTNiNGMyZTQ5MzY0NDE0YTVhNTdhNDE3YzM1NjM4ZDg2Y2FmYzRmNmNjYTdmYmQ 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. As an online source for human factors, psychology, and design news, Human Factors Cast is your essential resource for new, exciting stories in the field.

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Elyse Hallett

Guest Host / Field Correspondent

As a recent Master's graduate student in Human Factors, I am passionate about improving the quality of life for people by targeting the areas they themselves deem most important. This can be through the domain of healthcare, by helping the professionals who help patients through effective interventions that ultimately enhance the efficiency of procedures and reduce the stress within the operating room. This can be through the domain of accessibility, by improving the usability of tools that end users ultimately rely on to perform certain activities on the computer. This can be through training, by running simulations of certain complex systems (e.g. the National Airspace System). Whatever the domain, the goal is still the same: To be an advocate for the end user by shifting the spotlight away from technology and focusing once more on who will actually be using it.