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Building machines that work for everyone – how diversity of test subjects is a technology blind spot, and what to do about it

  • Written by Tahira Reid, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
imageWithout a diverse range of test subjects, some new technologies could fail to work as intended for many people.John Paul Van Wert/Rank Studios/Flickr, CC BY-SA

People interact with machines in countless ways every day. In some cases, they actively control a device, like driving a car or using an app on a smartphone. Sometimes people passively...

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