A supervisor in turn controls the simulated patient’s conditions via a remote on an iPod touch, up to 10 meters away.

The iPads are an intrinsic part of a simulated anaesthetic stack (ventilation machine) that we have specially created, that also includes the simulation of the manual breathing action (bagging) that an anaesthetist may do for a patient.

This prototype will add a significant new functionality to the Distributed Simulation project we are undertaking with Imperial College London. The beta prototype is due to be demonstrated at the AMEE conference in Glasgow next week. Check back here for an update in the coming days…

Studiohead design partners Cian Plumbe and Matt Harrison took the Distributed Simulation project to the Health Proffesions Education 2009 conference in Toronto in May.

The work was presented by Dr. Roger Kneebone of Imperial College School of Medicine in a workshop, and in his gala-dinner keynote speech in Frank Gehry’s Art Gallery of Ontario.

Matt and Cian went to contribute to the event by explaining the design philosophy behind the Distributed Simulation to leading thinkers in the target market for this product.

A full medical simulation of a central line insertion was performed for the audience within the DS environment, configured to represent an intensive care unit. This was held in the splendid surroundings of the University of Toronto’s Oxbridge style debates room. The audience and participants were successfully drawn into a believable and tense simulation.

The DS concept was met with general enthusiasm, resulting fruitful discussions and purchase enquiries. Toronto University is widely recognised for its work on simulation in medical education, and its was great to share our work and get feedback from these experts.

Toronto is an excellent city, and I highly recommend a visit. If you go, do check out the Distillery district. It is a converted distillery that is now home to a host of design, art and theatre activities.

4 june 2009, telegraph magazine, fashion supplement:

“This summer’s hottest beach flats, Dopie sandals (the result of a two-year collaboration between the industrial engineer Matthew Harrison [Studiohead] and Terra Plana) offer the feet almost invisible support: the sole folds up between the big and second toe. So there are no straps to mess up your foot tan, but if you need extra support there is an optional strap that goes over the top of the foot. In pink, yellow, turquoise, red, orange, green and white. £25,lovethoseshoes.com.”

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Studiohead’s Matt Harrison led a creative team in Sarajevo to create this unique ladies leather bag.

Maja Torba uses the high quality leather work of Damir Huseinovic, in combination with a variety of fabrics created by the other members of the centre. The result is a simple design, but one that allows each bag produced to be unique and highly treasured.

The design is a simple ladies two pocket shoulder bag with detachable straps. The bag can be ‘inverted’ so that the exterior surface is either the simple, elegant and durable leather, or the highly individual and vibrant hand-painted silk.

The straps can also be attached to the bag in a variety of combinations, to maximise the comfort of the bag to as many people and as many situations as possible. The design allows for single or double shoulder support, expansion and contraction of the bag, and back-pack style wearing.

The workshop was part of the All-inclusive Sarajevo project, run by Julia Cassim at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, and funded by the British Council.

see more photos of the project here

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