Human Factors Cast E032 - The Singularity...?

An episode of the Human Factors Cast podcast, hosted by Human Factors Cast, titled "Human Factors Cast E032 - The Singularity...?" was published on March 8, 2017 and runs 60 minutes.

March 8, 2017 ·60m · Human Factors Cast

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Today is 3/7/2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Alexa. -NASA's free software -Amazon Web Services -Yelp will help you find a gender neutral bathroom -Walmart express lanes -Google Play Games rated on user engagement -Xbox game pass -Nintendo Switch has design issues -TASER's automatic body cameras -Haptic wristband helps blind -Facebook preventing suicidal behavior -Alexa will distinguish voices! -MIT's Robot knows it did something wrong -Learning another language, with robots! -Disney's robot will analyze your kids Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast Follow us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/HumanFactorsCast Follow Nick: https://twitter.com/Nick_Roome Follow Blake: https://twitter.com/DontPanicUX 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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Today is 3/7/2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff and Alexa. -NASA's free software -Amazon Web Services -Yelp will help you find a gender neutral bathroom -Walmart express lanes -Google Play Games rated on user engagement -Xbox game pass -Nintendo Switch has design issues -TASER's automatic body cameras -Haptic wristband helps blind -Facebook preventing suicidal behavior -Alexa will distinguish voices! -MIT's Robot knows it did something wrong -Learning another language, with robots! -Disney's robot will analyze your kids Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast Follow us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/HumanFactorsCast Follow Nick: https://twitter.com/Nick_Roome Follow Blake: https://twitter.com/DontPanicUX 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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