Peach - Presence Research in Action

Helping people clean out their closets is something I love to do. It helps me understand them by seeing what they have collected and what they hold on to. I find it satisfying to make order out of chaos. I sit on the bed as garments are brought out and displayed before me. The first few outfits I comment upon, declaring either, "Looks great, keep it." "Needs repair, is it worth it?" or "Get rid of it". After that, I find myself saying little else.

 Here is a preprint of a paper just submitted to Brain Research Bulletin. It is a bit high-level, but hopefully it will stimulate some thinking and discussions. 
 
 

Open call for a full-time postdoctoral position at Ghent University

A 2-year postdoctoral position for a motivated researcher is opening
in the Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM) at the department of

 The recently published PEACH book - Presence for Everyone - is now online to read without downloading. http://issuu.com/keho/docs/presenceforeveryone

Look here: picasaweb.google.com/jawworth/EdinburghPEACH

Stelarc is an Australian-based perfomance artist whose work explores and extends the concept of the body and its relationship with technology. Stelarc, and his implanted, wifi enabled ‘third’ ear, will be at the Edinburgh International Science Festival for two remarkable shows. Alternate Anatomical Architectures: Fractal Flesh, Chimeras & Extra Ears

Edinburgh Napier University has had a workshop accepted for the FET 09 conference in Prague in April. Presenters from NU, and from FIT and Umea University, Sweden, will explore issues relating to technology, the body and the urban environment.

What is Reality? Is there something out there, or are we all figments of your imagination? Science fiction fans may recognize these questions from movies like the Matrix or books such as Permutation City (G. Egan) and Neuromancer (W. Gibson), which have addressed this issue in a brilliant, thought-provoking and very entertaining way. But this question has now transcended both fancy and philosophy and is an active area of research with a potentially tremendous social impact.

Presence Researchers:

Introducing CyberFashion for Wellbeing Show and Wearable Technology Symposium at CT14

The 14th Annual CyberTherapy (CT14) & CyberPsychology Conference, taking place this June in Lago Maggiore, Italy, announces its call for the "Wearable Technology for Training, Healthcare, and Wellbeing Symposium," which will provide a forum for new research, innovative technologies, and studies done pertaining to health-related topics.