Summary: Today is April 17th, 2017 and it's an all new Human Factors Cast hosted by Nick Roome with Blake Arnsdorff, and Mia Jaramillo. -MasterCard trials biometric bankcard with embedded fingerprint reader -Facebook is building a brain-computer interface -Facebook launches beta of Spaces, its goofy and fun social VR platform -MIT's app only needs a second to teach you a new language -Google Home can now recognize up to six voices and give personalized responses -Amazon Lex, the technology behind Alexa, opens up to developers -Eerie tech promises to copy anyone's voice from just 1 minute of audio -Biased bots: Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems -25 is 'golden age' for the ability to make random choices: At their peak, humans outcompete many computer algorithms in generating seemingly random patterns 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 Mia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelajaramillo/ 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.
