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Life before assistive technology

When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.

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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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Can isolation lead to manipulation?

Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.

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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Masks and goggles against light and heat
  • The face of a man wearing goggles, his right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A man wearing a patch over his left eye, as a result of not wearing protective goggles. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A man dressed in a white vest, scarf and pilot goggles with his arms raised over his shoulder to carry a bag; representing an advert for Body Positive for men with HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • Using Virtual Reality to treat paranoia
  • A worker in construction or in heavy manufacturing industry looking favourably at items of protective clothing; advertising the use of protective clothing in heavy industry. Colour lithograph, 1982.
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