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The Human-Technology Podcast

The Human-Technology Podcast

Written by: Dr. Peter Roessger
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 It's about the relationship between humans and technology, about the design of technology. It's about how we can get our lives back by dropping technology addiction. Technology has two big problems: it's difficult to access and it's addicting. I want to make my listeners' lives better by opening their eyes to the design and use of technology. My goal is to change the way you look at the world and make it a better place.Copyright: Dr.-Ing. Peter Rössger Consulting Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • CES 2026 Part 1: The Future Walked Past Me (63 km at a Time)

    CES 2026 Part 1: The Future Walked Past Me (63 km at a Time)
    Jan 23 2026
    CES 2026 is officially over… but the real work starts now: making sense of what happened in Las Vegas. In this first episode of a four-part series, I step back from the noise, the miles, and the caffeine to share a structured, no-hype reflection on the show, especially through an automotive, mobility, HMI, and AI lens. In this episode, you’ll hear: - Who was there and who wasn’t: Why Big Tech dominated, while traditional automakers largely stayed away - The shift in mobility narratives: Two-wheelers and micromobility everywhere, cars… strangely quiet - Three personal highlights - Big disappointments - My creepiest moment - What CES didn’t talk about
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    39 mins
  • SDV Reflections: Understanding the Human in the Software-Defined Vehicle

    SDV Reflections: Understanding the Human in the Software-Defined Vehicle
    Dec 12 2025
    Software Defined Vehicles have evolved far beyond a technical buzzword, they represent a cultural transformation reshaping the automotive industry at its core. Today’s vehicles are no longer static machines but dynamic digital ecosystems: always connected, always updateable, and always in flux. But amid the promise of centralized architectures, OTA updates, AI-driven functions, and new business models, one insight becomes clearer than ever: none of this works without understanding the human behind the wheel. In this episode, I share my reflections from recent SDV conferences, not a classic recap, but a deeper exploration of the tensions, ambitions, and unanswered questions currently defining the field. Together we unpack three dimensions: - General Reflections: How technology, business models, and HMI/UX thinking must evolve to support software-defined mobility - SDV Strategies: Why SDVs are the umbrella concept for the automotive industry’s shift from mechanical artifact to digital mobility platform - Use Cases & UX: How personalization, AI-based assistance, OTA-driven evolution, and ecosystem integration redefine what a vehicle is and why the UX complexity is still far from understood. From centralized computing to predictive interaction design, from subscription-driven business models to the cultural challenge of merging mechanical and software mindsets, this episode dives into what is truly at stake. Because in the end, the SDV is not just a new kind of car. It’s a new kind of relationship between humans and technology.
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    42 mins
  • The Three Major HMI Challenges: Why Automotive Interfaces Are at a Historic Turning Point

    The Three Major HMI Challenges: Why Automotive Interfaces Are at a Historic Turning Point
    Nov 28 2025
    In this episode, we take a deep look into the future of automotive Human-Machine Interaction. Five years after launching the Human–Technology Podcast, now ranked among Germany’s top technology podcasts and one of the leading non-English UX/UI podcasts worldwide, I explore the three core topics that will define the next decade of HMI. We examine how automation fundamentally changes the relationship between driver and vehicle, from responsibility sharing and situation awareness to the loss of human competence. We discuss how artificial intelligence will make HMIs more adaptive, more dialog-driven, and radically different to develop. And we analyze why Chinese HMIs, while technologically impressive, require a completely new design philosophy for European users: linguistically, visually, functionally, and culturally. This episode raises many of the questions our industry urgently needs to address. Some I can answer today, others can only be solved together, in real projects, with real users, vehicles, and data. If you or your team are facing similar challenges or are developing new HMI concepts: feel free to reach out. The future of HMI is not observed, it is created. Together.
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    43 mins
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