12,871 research outputs found
Disability-inclusive climate emergency planning in Scotland
No full textTogether with Inclusion Scotland and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS), the Sensing Climate project is working to make climate emergency planning more disability-inclusive in Scotland. This guest news piece shares reflections from an event that we held on this work in Edinburgh in November 2025. The foreword is written by Maia Pace, Policy and Research Officer at Inclusion Scotland. The workshop reflections are written by two excellent event participants, Elaine Paterson and Fin Tams-Gray. This piece was first published online by ERCS: https://www.ercs.scot/news/disability-inclusive-climate-emergency-planning
Five ceramic objects to seed conversations about AAC futures
Get PDFBetween Things is a collection of interactive ceramic objects designed and created by Fin Tams-Gray, Katie Brown and Graham Pullin. This design collection aims to seed conversations about AAC which the designers and co-researchers believe are not being had enough. Through the lens of speculative design (Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, 2001) each object identifies an area within the field of AAC which is important and yet we feel is not being considered when designing AAC futures: such as turn taking and returning to previous points in a conversation. Between Things is important as a series of placeholder objects to start conversations about AAC without being anchored to the frustrations of reality - and to be able to discuss each of these specific topics in isolation. For example, it’s hard to talk about being comfortable with silence without referring to body language, or turn taking, because naturally these things are entangled and related. Between Things allows an observer to focus on specific issues around AAC and investigate each separately, but also be able to see the relationships between each. Between Things was fabricated in Duncan of Jordanstown Collage of Art and Design in Dundee’s ceramics workshop by Katie Brown with assistance from Sean Kingsley, with embedded technologies designed and implemented by Fin Tams-Gray. This project was created in the context of our collaborations with coresearchers Jamie Preece and Emma Sullivan. A demo video of Between Things was shared during our Communication Matters keynote talk last year (Graham Pullin, 2023). This poster will showcase Between Things’ final physical and technical forms using large format striking imagery, and communicate the intent, outcomes, and ethos of the project
Five ceramic objects to seed conversations about AAC futures
Get PDFBetween Things is a collection of interactive ceramic objects designed and created by Fin Tams-Gray, Katie Brown and Graham Pullin. This design collection aims to seed conversations about AAC which the designers and co-researchers believe are not being had enough. Through the lens of speculative design (Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, 2001) each object identifies an area within the field of AAC which is important and yet we feel is not being considered when designing AAC futures: such as turn taking and returning to previous points in a conversation. Between Things is important as a series of placeholder objects to start conversations about AAC without being anchored to the frustrations of reality - and to be able to discuss each of these specific topics in isolation. For example, it’s hard to talk about being comfortable with silence without referring to body language, or turn taking, because naturally these things are entangled and related. Between Things allows an observer to focus on specific issues around AAC and investigate each separately, but also be able to see the relationships between each. Between Things was fabricated in Duncan of Jordanstown Collage of Art and Design in Dundee’s ceramics workshop by Katie Brown with assistance from Sean Kingsley, with embedded technologies designed and implemented by Fin Tams-Gray. This project was created in the context of our collaborations with coresearchers Jamie Preece and Emma Sullivan. A demo video of Between Things was shared during our Communication Matters keynote talk last year (Graham Pullin, 2023). This poster will showcase Between Things’ final physical and technical forms using large format striking imagery, and communicate the intent, outcomes, and ethos of the project
Five ceramic objects to seed conversations about AAC futures
Get PDFBetween Things is a collection of interactive ceramic objects designed and created by Fin Tams-Gray, Katie Brown and Graham Pullin. This design collection aims to seed conversations about AAC which the designers and co-researchers believe are not being had enough. Through the lens of speculative design (Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, 2001) each object identifies an area within the field of AAC which is important and yet we feel is not being considered when designing AAC futures: such as turn taking and returning to previous points in a conversation. Between Things is important as a series of placeholder objects to start conversations about AAC without being anchored to the frustrations of reality - and to be able to discuss each of these specific topics in isolation. For example, it’s hard to talk about being comfortable with silence without referring to body language, or turn taking, because naturally these things are entangled and related. Between Things allows an observer to focus on specific issues around AAC and investigate each separately, but also be able to see the relationships between each. Between Things was fabricated in Duncan of Jordanstown Collage of Art and Design in Dundee’s ceramics workshop by Katie Brown with assistance from Sean Kingsley, with embedded technologies designed and implemented by Fin Tams-Gray. This project was created in the context of our collaborations with coresearchers Jamie Preece and Emma Sullivan. A demo video of Between Things was shared during our Communication Matters keynote talk last year (Graham Pullin, 2023). This poster will showcase Between Things’ final physical and technical forms using large format striking imagery, and communicate the intent, outcomes, and ethos of the project
Five Ceramic Objects to Seed Conversations About AAC Futures
Get PDFBetween Things is a collection of objects designed to seed conversations about AAC futures. They are five charcoal-coloured ceramic objects, embedded with technological components, connected with colourful cables to acrylic boxes with buttons to interact with the objects directly. Each box contains a microprocessor – a Raspberry Pi, or an Arduino board – which activates speakers, microphones and motors inside the ceramic forms. <br/
Five Ceramic Objects to Seed Conversations About AAC Futures
Get PDFBetween Things is a collection of objects designed to seed conversations about AAC futures. They are five charcoal-coloured ceramic objects, embedded with technological components, connected with colourful cables to acrylic boxes with buttons to interact with the objects directly. Each box contains a microprocessor – a Raspberry Pi, or an Arduino board – which activates speakers, microphones and motors inside the ceramic forms. <br/
Five Ceramic Objects to Seed Conversations About AAC Futures
Get PDFBetween Things is a collection of objects designed to seed conversations about AAC futures. They are five charcoal-coloured ceramic objects, embedded with technological components, connected with colourful cables to acrylic boxes with buttons to interact with the objects directly. Each box contains a microprocessor – a Raspberry Pi, or an Arduino board – which activates speakers, microphones and motors inside the ceramic forms. <br/
Enhancement of Round Tube and Flat Tube-Louver Fin Heat Exchanger Performance Using Deluge Water Cooling
Get PDFAn experimental study has been conducted to evaluate the performance of a compact round-tube louver-fin condenser, each with frontal areas of 0.25 m2 in both dry and wet conditions. Deluge water cooling is achieved by incorporating a perforated bottom plate-type water distributor on top of the round tube heat exchanger. Water is used as a refrigerant, and enters the heat exchanger tubes at 35°C temperature. Ambient air and deluge cooling water are both maintained at 22°C temperature. Heat exchanger capacity and air-side pressure drop are measured with the heat exchanger angle set at 0° and 21° from vertical, with a frontal air velocity of 1.4 m/s and 3.5 m/s without deluge water cooling, and a frontal air velocity of 1.4 m/s with deluge water cooling. For both heat exchangers, the capacity was significantly enhanced with the use of deluge water cooling and with the heat exchanger angle set at 21° from vertical
Spectral domain analysis of fin-line
Get PDFAn analysis of fin-line characteristics is presented. The dispersion characteristic and characteristic impedance of the structure are determined by the application of the spectral domain technique. Numerical results are presented and compared with known data for ridged waveguide, dielectric slab loaded waveguide and slotline. Excellent agreement has been obtained. Design curves are also presented for practical millimeter wave fin-line structures covering the 26.5 - 140Hz frequency range. (Author)Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.Lieutenant, United States Navyhttp://archive.org/details/spectraldomainna109452728
ORC Finned - Tube Evaporator Design and System Performance Optimization
Get PDFFinned-tube heat exchangers have been used in many applications systems (refrigeration, waste heat recovery…) for many years. A considerable improvement in the thermal performance of these heat exchangers is possible by choosing an appropriate geometrical configuration for the corresponding application. In the present study, using exergy analysis, the geometry of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) evaporator has been derived, and optimized geometrical configurations have been found out. Results show that operation parameters (superficial air velocity, internal mass velocity), geometrical parameters (fin types, fin pitches, tube lengths, tube diameters, tube pitches) and evaporator circuitry can be optimized to ensure a compromise between exergy losses and evaporator compactness. The elaborated procedure can be used to design heat exchangers of various systems (refrigeration, heat pump, OR
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