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Podcast: Human Factors Cast
Episode: E156 - Robot Lifeguards, Autonomous Wheelchairs, and Socializing in Virtual Worlds
Description: Today is March 5th, 2020 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff.
CSULB Human Factors Conference:
http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/psychology/event/15th-annual-human-factors-and-ergonomics-society-student-conference/
Banter
Blake’s Keyboard https://amzn.to/2VMzNJI
Nick’s Label Maker https://amzn.to/39yRj8E
Human Factors News
The YMCA is trialing robot lifeguards to prevent pool drownings
https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/05/the-ymca-is-trialing-robot-lifeguards-to-prevent-pool-drownings/
British Airways is testing self-driving wheelchairs at JFK and Heathrow
https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/04/british-airways-is-testing-self-driving-wheelchairs-at-jfk-and-heathrow/
Deep Dive
If socializing within games is so popular, why hasn’t the multiverse arrived yet?
https://techcrunch.com/20...