TextFields is an investigation into the metaphysical worlds between text and space.

We are interested in the possible forces that text can generate within a spatial and formal context.

Exploring the sensual energy of unfocused and charged textual forms, we want to understand where do fonts and space lose their limits, where do they become forces and vectors in a field, and where this field is perceived as a field for the unfamiliar; a field without a perceived centre, a field where the inherent qualities of both are dismantled, where the reader, the voyeur and the visitor are intertwined, and where in this lies the emergence of a field of text.

via TextFields.

Optimata: Models That Take Drugs: ”

Ecologically-speaking, the clinical trials business is costly and unfriendly. Large numbers of animals are bred for pre-clinical trials, vast quantities of plastic test-tubes are consumed as well as huge financial expenditures that go into making a new drug. Yet even with all of this investment, few drugs makes it through the drug development process. But thanks to Israeli bio-simulation company, Optimata, drug-developers can now bypass some of the development stages. Using a virtual computerized patient that mimics a human being’s biological processes (created by complex mathematical parameters), Optimata can help predict drug toxicity and efficacy well-before drugs are used on animal models (a polite word for saying experimentations on lab rats and monkeys). Drug developers take heed: Optimata was able to successfully predict the outcomes of breast cancer patients in Nottingham, UK hospital.

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(Via Treehugger.)

[tags]chemical, laboratory, medicine, simulation, drug, biology, body[/tags]

haque :: design + research

From the page: “The domain of architecture has been transformed by developments in interaction research, wearable computing, mobile connectivity, people-centered design, contextual awareness, RFID systems and ubiquitous computing. These technologies alter our understanding of space and change the way we relate to each other. We no longer think of architecture as static and immutable; instead we see it as dynamic, responsive and conversant. Our projects explore some of this territory.”