in Berlin, Edwin had the idea to form a trio. Sensorband’s first performance was in December of 1993, at Voyages Virtuels, a virtual reality exhibit organized by Les Virtualistes in Paris. I interviewed Sensorband in The Hague in November 1996, and thereafter the discussion was extended through electronic mail. The topics of the interview included: how they established an ensemble based entirel...

Nitrocellulose is the main component in many types of ammunition, propellants and explosives. The principles of production for nitrocellulose have not changed much since the 19 th century when it started being industrially produced for this purpose. The character of the nitrocellulose has a large effect on the end products abilities. The aim of this study was to develop a method that would be a...

Abstract Philosophers have rightly condemned lookism—that is, discrimination in favor of attractive people or against unattractive people—in education, the justice system, workplace, and elsewhere. Surprisingly, however, almost universal preference for romantic sexual partners has rarely received serious ethical scrutiny. On its face, it is unclear whether this a form we should reject tolerate....

In this paper, we report on a project applying participatory design methods to include people who have experience of social exclusion (in one form or another) in designing possible technologies for e-(local)-government services. The work was part of a project for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the UK, and was concerned with ‘access tokens’ that can provide personal identification fo...

There’s an old joke that circulates in newsrooms. A reporter rushes up to City Desk and breathlessly tells his editor that he has confirmed the Second Coming of Christ. The editor doesn’t want the story. “We had that one already — 2 000 years ago.” If it’s news, it has to be the first, the biggest, the oldest or the most, especially in science news. So, how do you make the papers if you’ve comp...