Tag: health

Past

Reducing Pain with SnowWorld

Post author By David
Post date August 18, 2011

One of my favorite pieces at the Cooper Hewitt 2006 National Design Triennial was ”SnowWorld.” It was beautiful, absorbing, and other-worldly. The basic concept and execution are pretty simple… Wearing VR goggles, you fly through a snowy landscape and throw snowballs at woolly mammoths and penguins, while listening to Paul Simon’s “Graceland.” But the purpose […]

Tags Cooper Hewitt, games, health, healthcare, virtual reality

Present

Slowing Down

Post author By David
Post date August 25, 2010

There’s been a lot of press over the past month or two about the possible dangers of multitasking, and how it can hurt our ability to focus and remember. But it was only last night, driving home from work, and not distracted by all the other web pages fighting for my attention, that I really […]

Tags health, iPad, multitasking, The September Issue