Author: John
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The Eyes Have It in Modern Office Design
The article in the NYTimes, Aging of Eyes Is Blamed for Range of Health Woes, has caused us to think here at Walker Engineering about our own personal layouts as well as those of our clients. THE HYPOTHESIS Ellen Weinstein The aging eye filters out blue light, affecting circadian rhythm and health in older adults.…
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College Credit: Energy and Climate Change in Montana
Courses are not the same routine classroom experiences you may associate with College. The Wild Rockies Field Instituteis offering seven courses for college credit this year, including Cycle the Rockies: Energy and Climate Change in Montana course, which runs from May 17 – June 12. "Students on this course will explore Montana by bicycle while…
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Standing Workstations: Sitting down all day is killing you
Get off your butt and make some tea if you want to live By Simon Sharwood, Posted in Science, 27th March 2012 07:11 GMT I am writing this blog entry at a standing workstation which a lot of people still view as an oddity despite the data provided in each study that is being published. …
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Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan
From Stanford School of Engineering, WEngineering is interested in the application of modeling to modern issues. Using a sophisticated weather model, environmental engineers at Stanford have defined optimal placement of a grid of four wind farms off the U.S. East Coast. The model successfully balances production at times of peak demand and significantly reduces costly…