Category Archives: Health

Cheap 48x magnifier with large screen for visually impaired

Posted on April 12, 2017 by biowrite

UPDATE, May 2017. I have been commissioned to make another of the items described below. This one will involve a table-top box, on which the TV will sit, and to which the arm holding the video camera will be attached. … Continue reading →

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Audio books for the visually impaired: cheap alternative to special MP3-player

Posted on April 12, 2017 by biowrite

Introduction: two projects to help the visually impaired This is the first of two posts on projects to help the visually impaired, motivated by the desire to assist an elderly relative with macular degeneration who is not computer-literate. Anything to help … Continue reading →

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Social injustice is killing on a grand scale

Posted on July 6, 2014 by biowrite

Praise where praise is due.  I have previously criticised the BBC for its championing of GM and for offering a Pinochet-apologist a platform for his obnoxious views without challenging them. Now I must praise the BBC for hosting Professor Sir … Continue reading →

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Health policy in an independent Scotland: tackling inequality is key.

Posted on November 22, 2013 by biowrite

On 11 November 2013 I attended a meeting of the Edinburgh branch of the Radical Independence Campaign, addressed by Dr Kate Wrigley. Not just poverty but inequality explains Scotland’s poor health Dr Wrigley got us to come up with a … Continue reading →

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