Tackling racial and gender bias in medical and fitness devices
Optical pulse detection ‘photoplethysmography’ (PPG) provides a means of low cost, unobtrusive and continuous cardiovascular monitoring that is used ubiquitously for decades in medical settings for blood oxygen monitoring and more recently popular in many wearable devices to monitor…
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Getting captive African wild dogs back into the wild
Reintroduction and release of animals is one of the goals towards conservation success. To be part of the story and to follow the ‘Shakespeare pack’ of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from initial bonding in 2019 through to reintroduction…
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Not-So-Wicked Witches and Adventures in Library Research
I write to you in a state of “precatory enthusiasm” with “vehement intention of the mind.” Be clear; this is merely an “effect of Nature” and should not be mistaken for “Diabollical Possession” as confirmed in classical scholar Meric…
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