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3 January 2012The EDC's end of IMRC grant (2001-2011) report.
The EDC IMRC end-of-grant report for the period October 2001 to September 2011 is available for download here.
15 July 2011A study sponsored by BT shows that one in three people have felt overwhelmed by communications technology.
The international study sponsored by BT and carried out by the EDC has found that one in three people has felt overwhelmed by communications technology, inclu ...
4 January 2011Design for Health - David Seidel gives talks on "Design to Promote Independent Living"
EDC PhD student David Seidel was invited to present to a TEDx event in Canada in October 2010. The Event was on Design for Health and David talked about his Ph ...
11 October 2010EDC posters win two best poster prizes
The EDC's work in healthcare gained recognition by winning not one by two best poster prizes at the recent "CLAHRC: Collaborating to improve our health se ...
5 September 2010EDC Researcher presents at the Fourth Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference (iHCI2010)
PhD student Christopher Wilkinson has just returned from the Fourth Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference in Dublin, Ireland, having presented his latest ...
3 September 2010BMJ Letter published by EDC Researcher
EDC and CLAHRC researcher Thomas Jun responded to an article in the BMJ on "Process mapping the patient journey: an introduction". The article is abo ...
13 August 2010EDC inclusive design research 'CLICKs'
The EDC's Inclusive Design research made a very public impact this week when it was featured as part of the BBC's technology programme, CLICK. The programme wa ...
13 July 2010Invitation to be a CLAHRC Fellow
The Cambridge EDC is a key component in Cambridge and Peterborough Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (C&P CLAHRC). This is a ma ...
13 July 2010David Seidel has been invited to present at an event on Design of Health Innovation
Third year PhD student David Seidel has been invited to present at a TEDx event on Design of Health Innovation in Montreal on 1st October. David will be spe ...
29 May 2009New survey to determine current industry practice for planning the complex product design processes. Please participate!
My name is Mark De Lessio and I am the PhD student coordinating the doctoral research for this topic area and I am very interested in your feedback. A survey, w ...
19 May 2009MMEP 2010 Conference announced
On behalf of the Design Society and their Special Interest Group (SIG), the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre is currently preparing the “First Inter ...
12 December 2008Peer review gives 'Advanced Design Methods' Platform Grant high marks.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has peer reviewed the EDC's platform grant on Advanced Design Methods which finished in 2007. In ...
10 December 2008EDC graduates participated in the 48-Hour Inclusive Design Challenge in Tokyo
In November 2008, five EDC research students and Lecturer Nathan Crilly took part in the 48-Hour Inclusive Design Challenge in Tokyo. The Challenge was coll ...
27 June 2008EDC paper highlights the risks arising from classical medical jargon
Writing in The Lancet, Dr Melinda Lyons highlights the risks to patient safety arising from confusion over look-alike and sound-alike terms that are generated ...
10 April 2008EDC authored article tops most down-loaded list.
The highly regarded Design Studies journal (Elsevier) recently published an analysis of the most down-loaded articles since 2000. Number one in the list was an ...
13 February 2008International Visiting Research Fellowship awarded to Dr. Julie Jupp
Julie will be undertaking a short term Visiting Research Fellowship to establish new research on ‘Detecting Preference and Choice under Risk and Uncertain ...
20 November 2007Keynote Address - Lean Design or an Optimal Design Process for an Adequate Product?
By Professor P John Clarkson Presentation from the International Conferance on Agile Manufacturing 2007: University of Durham, Durham. A webcast can be found h ...
20 July 2007Inclusive Design Toolkit Launch
A new toolkit has been launched, which aims to help organisations and designers produce better products that are accessible to the widest possible range of ...
20 July 2007Physical Impairment Simulators
The EDC's Inclusive Design team have been developing physical impairment simulators. These simulators take the form of wearable devices that restrict reach and ...
12 October 2006eifForm-generated roof goes live
A self-supported roof structure that was generated using eifForm, a generative and optimisation tool that was created in EDC by Dr Kristina Shea, Marina Gourtov ...
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