30 Jun 2017
Aphasia group launches app to explain the condition
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Shona Robison was at the University today to help launch a new app created by people with aphasia to help those living with the condition. The ‘I Have Aphasia’ app, which was created in partnership with people with aphasia living in Tayside, shows a short animated film outlining the key communication difficulties people with aphasia face. This film is a tool that people with aphasia can share with others to explain the challenges they face and the animation illustrates how people can assist anyone with aphasia through understanding and patience. A...
30 Jun 2017
World Asteroid Day finds University researchers working to save the planet
World Asteroid Day today (June 30) finds researchers at the University of Dundee continuing work to protect the Earth from potential future impacts. Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the largest recent asteroid impact on Earth, in Siberia in 1908. It is a global awareness campaign to promote learning about asteroids and the hazards of future asteroid impacts on Earth. Scientists in the University’s School of Science and Engineering have developed PANGU (Planet and Asteroid Natural scene Generation Utility), a piece of software which generates images of asteroids, planetary surfaces and other sm...
29 Jun 2017
New Designers Sainsbury’s Award for Daisy
A textile design graduate from the University of Dundee has been named the winner of a prestigious New Designers Award. Daisy Stott, who exhibited her work in last month’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Degree Show, won the Sainsbury’s Home Award at the New Designers exhibition in London for her tableware collection `Foraged Findings’, inspired by edible plant and foodstuffs found throughout Scotland. Daisy said, “This is quite a surprise. I'm extremely honoured and it’s amazing to be recognised. I hope it will help take me to great places.” The jud...
29 Jun 2017
New app to see life through the eyes of an African street child
A new app that puts you at the centre of a street child’s life in Africa has been launched by researchers from the University of Dundee. The team behind ‘Growing Up on the Streets’ have created an interactive story map that lets you see life through the eyes of street children and youth living in Accra, Ghana. Led by Professor Lorraine van Blerk from the University, Growing up on the Streets was a three-year project that ventured into the African cities of Accra, Bukavu and Harare to find out what life was like for these young people. She was joined by Father Patrick Shanahan, Dr Wayne S...
29 Jun 2017
Leg amputees wanted for improvement study
People who have had a leg amputated or have a birth defect and use a prosthetic fitting are being encouraged to take part in a University of Dundee study that aims to improve the lives of patients. Giulia Zedda, a PhD student in the Institute of Motion Analysis and Research in the University Medical School, is looking for people with a prosthetic leg fitting under the knee who are able to walk unaided. Her study will examine whether patients are using the best prosthesis to aid them. Using special software that can check if the prosthesis is fitted correctly, the study will focus on the distribution of ...
