Science & Tech
In Cars are getting dumber, Drew Gooden (2024) questions design changes that make ordinary vehicle functions harder to understand. His most useful example begins with his own mistake. While trying to avoid a closing gate, he pressed the reverse button, accelerated, and moved forward. He accepts responsibility and offers a
Science & Tech
Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses combine a small visual display, cameras, microphones, and AI assistance. A wristband translates muscle activity into commands, allowing the wearer to control functions through small finger movements (Meta, 2025). I think of these devices as accessories to the senses. They add information to
Science & Tech
Ambient lighting provides low-level illumination around features such as door handles, cupholders, consoles, and footwells. In Ambient Lighting Makes Drivers Feel Safer, Bird (2018) discusses research by BMW and Ilmenau University of Technology examining how this lighting changes the perception and usability of an interior. Drivers perceived illuminated interiors
Science & Tech
In Crossmodal Interactions in Human Learning and Memory, Murray and Shams (2023) discuss how our senses work together when we learn and remember something. Everyday experiences can involve sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. The reading focuses especially on sight and sound, and how experiencing them together can affect what
2026-27 Capstone
To better understand how healthcare is actually experienced in rural communities, I spent time in Junction City (Perry County) conducting field research through informal interviews and ethnographic observation. I spoke with community members in three different settings: Miriam, a cashier at Millcreek Market in Junction City; a teacher at Creekside
Opinion
Imagine a night where you look up at the sky and mistake an airplane for a star, or where the glow of city lights makes the Milky Way almost impossible to see. Modern infrastructure has made our lives safer, easier, and more connected, but what happens when that infrastructure begins
Arts & Lifestyle
In 1948, LIFE magazine sent photographer W. Eugene Smith to spend 23 days in Kremmling, Colorado, following Dr. Ernest Ceriani, the only physician serving roughly 2,000 people scattered across 400 square miles of Rocky Mountain ranchland. Ceriani had grown up on a Wyoming sheep ranch and trained in Chicago,
2026-27 Capstone
I attended seven different events across Ohio, including visits to Caesar Creek, Deer Creek, A.W. Marion, and Buck Creek State Parks to gather my sampling strategy. My sampling strategy was intended to specifically gather surveys from park visitors who attend ODNR events. Unfortunately, not one park visitor ended up
Arts & Lifestyle
In this article from Dezeen, the design and architecture publication covers Tombot's "Jennie," a hyper-realistic robotic puppy created to comfort seniors living with dementia and other cognitive health challenges. ...Jennie was created by Tombot CEO Tom Stevens in response to his mother's dementia,
Arts & Lifestyle
In this article from Builder Magazine, author Heather Wright writes about how 55-plus home design is moving away from a purely safety-driven approach toward one that balances accessibility with style, wellness, and everyday livability. For decades, the phrase “aging in place” shaped the design of 55-plus homes.
Business
The problem was concrete and severe: in rural, mountainous Rwanda, a doctor needing a specific blood type for a hemorrhaging patient could lose hours traveling on difficult roads to fetch it, time many patients didn't have. Zipline's battery-powered drones, 22-pound aircraft that can carry
Business
This roundup profiles four different organizations experimenting with new business and delivery models to expand rural healthcare access, each taking a distinct approach to the same underlying problem. Rush University System for Health in Chicago launched Rush Connect+, a direct-to-consumer telehealth membership priced at $19 a month or