Team performance in networked supervisory control of unmanned air vehicles: effects of automation, working memory, and communication content.

Objective: Assess team performance within a net-worked supervisory control setting while manipulating automated decision aids and monitoring team communication and working memory ability.

Background: Networked systems such as multi-unmanned air vehicle (UAV) supervision have complex properties that make prediction of human-system performance difficult. Automated decision aid can provide valuable information to operators, individual abilities can limit or facilitate team performance, and team communication patterns can alter how effectively individuals work together.

Distractions N' Driving: video game simulation educates young drivers on the dangers of texting while driving.

The proliferation of portable communication and entertainment devices has introduced new dangers to the driving environment, particularly for young and inexperienced drivers. Graduate students from George Mason University illustrate a powerful, practical, and cost-effective program that has been successful in educating these drivers on the dangers of texting while driving, which can easily be adapted and implemented in other communities.