Human Factors Cast E043 - Transportation Safety, Exoskeletons, and Digital Geneva Conventions

Summary: Today is May 22nd, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff. -Safety Benefits of Highway Infrastructure Investments -New Google Maps Update Makes It Even Harder To Get Lost -WannaCry Update: Microsoft Pushes a Digital Geneva Convention -Researchers look to boost crowdsourced brainstorming: Online module designed to accompany study -Amazon to bring opt-in notifications to Alexa -Lowe's exoskeletons help workers carry what you can't -Fidget Toys Aren't Just Hype -3 Ways Ford Cars Could Monitor Your Health -2015 Traffic Safety Factsheet Rural/Urban Comparison of Traffic Fatalities -Distracted Driving 2015 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 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.