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Nov. 17, 2022

E264 - Multivoting: The best option for group decision-making?

E264 - Multivoting: The best option for group decision-making?

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/264 Recorded live on November 17th. 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. New study shows how voting methods affect group decision-making https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/10/26/new-study-shows-how-voting-methods-affect-group-decision-making/ Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast…

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Nov. 13, 2022

Rail Investigations - An interview with Becky Charles

Rail Investigations - An interview with Becky Charles

Becky Charles is an investigator with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and in this interview she gives us insights into what the role is and how Human Factors is a key component of the overall team.

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Oct. 27, 2022

Title: E262 (LIVE) - Robotic boots are walking the walk

Title: E262 (LIVE) - Robotic boots are walking the walk

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/262 Recorded live on October 27th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome with Heidi Mehrzad & Barry Kirby. Stanford exoskeleton walks out into the real world https://news.stanford.edu/2022/10/12/exoskeleton-makes-walking-faster-less-tiring/ Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast…

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Oct. 20, 2022

E261 (LIVE) - Are you lost without your phone?

E261 (LIVE) - Are you lost without your phone?

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/261 Recorded live on October 20th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. Smartphones Promise Satisfaction and Meaning, Deliver Only More Searching, Study Shows https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=230394 Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast…

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Oct. 11, 2022

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference 2022 LIVE

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference 2022 LIVE

Watch the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society LIVE! complete livestream of Day 1 from this year’s annual meeting in Atlanta, including interviews, panels, and much more! Recorded live on October 11th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby.

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Oct. 9, 2022

Proactive Learning - An interview with Dr Marcin Nazaruk

Proactive Learning - An interview with Dr Marcin Nazaruk

Current approaches to defining and understanding safety risk can be seen to rely heavily on incidents occurring or near misses being reported. Dr Marcin Nazaruk talks with Barry about a new approach he is driving called Proactive Learning, or in layman's terms, how we learn from normal work.

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Oct. 8, 2022

1202 The Human Factors Podcast Advert - Music

1202 The Human Factors Podcast Advert - Music
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Oct. 6, 2022

E260 (LIVE) - A new way to alert drivers to pedestrians

E260 (LIVE) - A new way to alert drivers to pedestrians

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/260 Recorded live on October 6th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. Ford drivers could get alerts from nearby pedestrians’ phones https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/19/ford-drivers-could-get-alerts-from-nearby-pedestrians-phones/ Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast…

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Sept. 25, 2022

The Dirty Dozen - An interview with Michael Bates and Gordon Dupont

The Dirty Dozen - An interview with Michael Bates and Gordon Dupont

Michael Bates interviews Gordon Dupont about the creation of the "Dirty Dozen" the 12 main reasons behind why human error occurs.

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Sept. 22, 2022

E259 (LIVE) - Metaverse Standards are Coming

E259 (LIVE) - Metaverse Standards are Coming

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/259 Recorded live on September 22nd, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome with Barry Kirby. The Metaverse Needs Standards, Too https://spectrum.ieee.org/metaverse-standards-forum Image Source: Pixabay Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast…

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Sept. 15, 2022

E258 (LIVE) - Touch screens are killing your driving experience

E258 (LIVE) - Touch screens are killing your driving experience

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/258 Recorded live on September 8th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome with Barry Kirby. Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to Use Than Touchscreens https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-finds-that-buttons-in-cars-are-safer-and-quicker-to-use-than-touchscreens Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch:…

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Sept. 1, 2022

E257 (LIVE) - Do video games affect your well-being?

E257 (LIVE) - Do video games affect your well-being?

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/257 Recorded live on September 1st, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. We may never fully know how video games affect our well-being https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/20/1058328/we-may-never-fully-know-how-video-games-affect-our-well-being/ Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast…

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Aug. 29, 2022

Applying Human Factors in the real world - An Interview with Suzy Broadbent

Applying Human Factors in the real world - An Interview with Suzy Broadbent

Suzy Broadbent is a Fellow of the CIEHF with twenty years experience working in Human Factors across defence, rail and now healthcare domains. She gave the Institute Lecture at EHF2022. This discussion looks back at her career and then dives into how we apply Human Factors methods with pragmatism and…

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Aug. 25, 2022

E256 - We Have 8 BILLION Humans to Design for

E256 - We Have 8 BILLION Humans to Design for

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/256 Recorded live on August 25th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. The World Population Is Going to Hit 8 Billion Any Day Now https://futurism.com/the-byte/world-population-almost-eight-billion Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube:…

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Aug. 18, 2022

E255 (LIVE) - I've had it with these HF robots on this HF space station!

E255 (LIVE) - I've had it with these HF robots on this HF space station!

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/255 Recorded live on August 18th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. A Surgery-Performing Robot Is Ready for Tests on the International Space Station https://gizmodo.com/iss-surgery-robot-international-space-station-space-1849365142 Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube:…

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Aug. 14, 2022

Publishing Human Factors Books - An interview with Robert Bridger

Publishing Human Factors Books - An interview with Robert Bridger

We all have our "go to" reference book: but how do you go about writing and publishing such a thing? Past President of the CIEHF, Robert Bridger, gives us an insight into the art of writing, publishing and updating Human Factors books.

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Aug. 11, 2022

E254 (LIVE) - THE LINE is a new city without roads, cars, and emissions

E254 (LIVE) - THE LINE is a new city without roads, cars, and emissions

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/254 Recorded live on August 11th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. HRH Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Announces Designs for THE LINE, The City of the Future in Neom https://www.neom.com/en-us/newsroom/hrh-announces-theline-designs Image Source: NEOM Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human…

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Aug. 4, 2022

E253 (LIVE) - User Perspective on Categorizing Chatbots and Voice Assistants

E253 (LIVE) - User Perspective on Categorizing Chatbots and Voice Assistants

Episode Link:https://www.humanfactorscast.media/253 Recorded live on August 4th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby. How to categorize conversational interfaces https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-categorize-the-different-conversational-interfaces-98c589a9d0 Image Source: Pexels Support us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/ Human Factors Cast Socials: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast…

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July 31, 2022

Human Factors in Iarnród Éireann - An interview with Nora Balfe

Human Factors in Iarnród Éireann - An interview with Nora Balfe

Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, has its own share of Human Factors Challenges, and the person with the challenge of ensuring HF is kept up to standard is Nora Balfe. In this episode, Nora gives us an insight into the breadth and depth of her role and some of the…

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July 3, 2022

HF in Rail - An interview with David Golightly

HF in Rail - An interview with David Golightly

David Golightly is a lecturer at Newcastle University and works in the field of cognitive ergonomics, understanding the factors that make technology and systems fit for the intended user's needs and cognitive abilities. In this episode he talks with Barry about the broad range of work he has been involved…

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June 23, 2022

RAF Safety and Just Culture

RAF Safety and Just Culture

Over the past decade or so, the Royal Air Force has been going through a cultural evolution. In this episode, Ian and Avril give us an insight into how the implementation of Human Factors and the attitudes to safety has evolved and the positive impact it has had on the…

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June 19, 2022

The Surgical approach to Human Factors - An interview with Peter Brennan

The Surgical approach to Human Factors - An interview with Peter Brennan

Professor Peter Brennan is a NHS Consultant Surgeon in Portsmouth, specialising in head and neck cancer. Barry talks with him to see how he is driving Human Factors approaches from his perspective. To date, Peter has published over 700 publications including more than 80 on Human Factors and patient safety.…

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June 5, 2022

HFES - The Presidents Perspective - An interview with Chris Reid

HFES - The Presidents Perspective - An interview with Chris Reid

Chris Reid is the Human Factors and Ergonomics Boeing Technical Fellow within the Environment, Health and Safety organization at Boeing. He is also the current President at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). In this interview, he tells Barry how he fell into ergonomics, some of his achievements and…

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May 22, 2022

Ergonomics and Human Factors Conference 2022 - Review

Ergonomics and Human Factors Conference 2022 - Review

Barry talks to attendees and some of the key people behind the scenes about putting together EHF 2022 and what they thought of the result. Fair warning, this is the first time ever that Barry has put together a multi-person interview/montage and also first time using a complex media editor…

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