Robots to the Rescue, Discoveries, National Science Foundation

 
Insights into CHIMe lab project on ‘Survivor buddy’, a robot used in search and rescue operations, on reducing the robot ‘creep factor’ and making it more user-friendly

 

How to be a disagreeable (but likable) robot, MSNBC

Article on the challenges faced in priming robots to detect emotions

Multitasking

Interview with Dr. Nass: Chronic Multitasking, Frontline

Highlights of CHIMe lab studies on chronic multitasking

Media multitaskers pay mental price, Stanford Report

CHIMe lab’s study on multitasking shows poor mental performance of heavy multitaskers, contrary to popular belief

 

Podcasts:

Tech Talk Podcast: Adoring your computer, Bits, the New York Times Blog

Multitasking may not mean higher productivity, NPR

Clifford Nass on Autonomous cars, CBC radio

Interactive car interfaces

Machines’ way with words, BBC News

CHIMe lab’s research on interactive automobile technologies and the prevalence and future of voice recognition systems

Professor studies what cars can learn from drivers’ words, Stanford Report

Findings from CHIMe lab studies on interactive automobile technologies (‘car voices’) give an insight into people’s attitudes and stereotypes towards interactive car interfaces

What your car reveals about you, ABC news

Article on the future of car technologies, and how much information cars can learn about their owners

Do you speak American? Technology Spotlight, PBS

Dr. Nass explains how interactive technologies in cars have advanced and how people’s brains respond to these evolving ‘car voices’

Sweet talking your computer, Wall Street Journal

Article elucidating why people treat devices like humans, highlighting relevant studies done in the CHIMe lab

Social media and emotional development

Does technology affect happiness? Business of Technology, The New York Times Blog

CHIMe lab’s study on the effect of technology and media on emotional development of young children

Is Facebook Stunting Your Child’s Growth? Pacific Standard

Dr. Nass’ article on the damaging effect of social media on
tweens’ emotional intelligence