Strangers at the Table

Strangers at the benchside: research ethics consultation.

Institutional ethics consultation services for biomedical scientists have begun to proliferate, especially for clinical researchers. We discuss several models of ethics consultation and describe a team-based approach used at Stanford University in the context of these models. As research ethics consultation services expand, there are many unresolved questions that need to be addressed, includin...

Connecting strangers at a train station

In this paper we describe a virtual instrument or a performance space, placed at Høje Tåstrup train station in Denmark, which is meant to establish communicative connections between strangers, by letting users of the system create soundscapes together across the rails. We discuss mapping strategies and complexity and suggest a possible solution for a final instance of our interactive musical pe...

Research at the table

In this paper we describe how we want to take advantage of the rapid developments in technology to assist researchers in doing research. More specifically in exploring the publication space. For this purpose we have designed and developed a prototype application to take advantage of large displays with multi touch enabled input. We describe the current state, the next steps and how we will to e...

Making room at the table.

A s an oncology nurse practitioner with a busy breast cancer practice, I would spend more than my share of time coordinating patient care. You know the drill: referrals to specialists, insurance pre-authorizations for diagnostic tests, assisting patients in completing applications for indigent care or pharmaceutical benefit programs, and a host of other services to provide high-quality cancer c...

Absence at the Dinner Table: