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
Without 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-SAPeople 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...