“Are You Wearing Your White Coat?”

Breathe – wearing your air

Breathe – the air we wear proposes wearable and mobile technologies for reading and rendering in real time the air we breathe. The project proposes the ‘actioning’ for better air quality through individuals’ capacity to record air pollution. The project initiates a walk-able protest by taking air quality directly to the individual and through critical mass counter the massive problems facing ou...

Wearing your heart in your sleeve?

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How confident are you in your study?

‘How many participants do I need for my study?’ During many years of providing statistical support to clinical researchers, this has been one of the most frequently asked questions. It is posed by medical students preparing dissertation projects through to seasoned professors preparing major grant proposals. The repetition of this question can be frustrating, but does at least indicate that the...

If You Yoyo Are You on Your Own?

In an article entitled "The YOYO theory: YOu're on Your Own" published in Paper Magazine in February 2002, David Hershovits describes the ethic of rugged individualism espoused by airline pilots in the wake of the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001. The acronym YOYO (for You're On Your Own) had formerly been reserved for the case in which an air traffic controller bid a pilot adieu as he left...

Are You Responsible for Your Hormones?