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Do apoio a técnicos em decisões táticas ao monitoramento das saúde e prevenção de lesões nos jogadores em campo, passando pela gestão de multidões, segurança e logística dos jogos, a tecnologia estará presente em muitos aspectos do torneio deste ano. Dave Shopland/AP

IA na Copa do Mundo: melhores táticas, jogadores em forma e torcidas mais seguras, mas também com novos riscos

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast; Isaiah Jesse Elstak, University of the Sunshine Coast, and Scott McLean, University of the Sunshine Coast

A Copa do Mundo deste ano será a maior de todas – e promete ser também a mais avançada tecnologicamente
What would Artificial General Intelligence make of the human world? Shutterstock/Nathapol Kongseang

To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast; Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida, and Tony Carden, University of the Sunshine Coast

We’re on the road to developing artificial intelligence systems that will be able to do tasks beyond those they were designed for. But will we be able to control them?
When cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians come together at an intersection, design makes the difference between collisions and safety. pxhere

We can design better intersections that are safer for all users

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast and Gemma Read, University of the Sunshine Coast

Collisions at intersections between motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians cause many deaths and injuries. Design that considers how each group approaches intersections improves everyone’s safety.
Road trauma is already the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. AAP/Alan Porritt

Rethinking the causes of road trauma: society’s problems must share the blame

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast; Adam Hulme, University of the Sunshine Coast; Gemma Read, University of the Sunshine Coast; Jason Thompson, The University of Melbourne, and Roderick McClure, University of New England

Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
We need to find new ways to deal with the complexity of modern cities and make them better. from www.shutterstock.com

Cities are complex systems – let’s start looking at them that way

Nicholas Stevens, University of the Sunshine Coast and Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast

There are very few approaches that examine all aspects of the complexity of urban design and development. Ergonomics, human factors and sociotechnical systems methods offer a way forward.
Passengers stand on the wings of a US Airways Flight 1549 after it landed in the Hudson River, New York, January 15, 2009. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Why the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ in the new movie Sully was no crash landing

Eryn Grant, University of the Sunshine Coast; Nicholas Stevens, University of the Sunshine Coast, and Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast

The movie Sully, out today, tells the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who landed an Airbus A320-214 in New York’s Hudson River. To accident experts, this was no crash landing.
Reigning World Cup winners Germany will prove hard to beat at this year’s European football championships. Reuters/Darren Staples

Speed networking: how to win Euro 2016

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast; Nicholas Stevens, University of the Sunshine Coast, and Scott McLean, University of the Sunshine Coast

Based on goals scored at the 2014 World Cup, goals emerge when teams develop small and rapid passing networks comprising only a few players.
The makers of GPS devices are among the many factors and actors whose role in road safety has not been fully considered. flickr/Schu

The ‘fatal five’ causes of road trauma: who’s in control?

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast and Gemma Read, University of the Sunshine Coast

The focus is on reducing the “fatal five” behaviours that cause road trauma: speeding, drink and drug driving, not wearing seatbelts, fatigue and driving while distracted.
A lifejacket won’t save your life if you are not wearing it, says NSW Martime. But any accident investigation needs to ask more than just why a lifejacket was not being worn. Flickr/NSW Maritime

Accident prevention should look at the big picture of what went wrong

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast and Natassia Goode, University of the Sunshine Coast

When accidents happen we need to look at the real cause of why things went wrong instead of just looking for someone to blame.
The system that allowed Lance Armstrong to cheat and dope successfully for years should share the responsibility for his behaviour. EPA/Olivier Hoslet

More than one bad apple: a systems view on the Lance Armstrong doping saga

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast

There are again questions over Lance Armstrong’s admissions and apologies following a BBC interview in which the former cyclist and confessed drug cheat admitted he would take performance-enhancing substances…
Australia will be blessed this summer with world-class sporting officials, who often operate under more scrutiny than any single player. EPA/Dave Hunt

‘You cannot be serious!’ A look at this summer’s elite sports officials

Timothy Neville, University of the Sunshine Coast and Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast

Sports-mad Australians are in the middle of a busy summer of world-class sport. We’re currently gripped by football frenzy as the best players in Asia ply their craft in the Asian Cup. The world’s richest…
Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi remains in a critical condition after a serious crash earlier this month. EPA/Valdrin Xhemaj

Jules Bianchi and sharing the responsibility for catastrophe

Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast and Timothy Neville, University of the Sunshine Coast

As with most tragic events today, Formula One driver Jules Bianchi’s recent crash in the Japanese Grand Prix has raised the usual frenzy of questions surrounding who is to blame when things go wrong and…

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