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How to make accessible graphics using a PIAF machine
By: Anna Pinckney, Access/Research Assistant in the Bower Lab A PIAF (Pictures in a Flash) machine uses heat-sensitive paper to create tactile graphics. This paper is the same size as…
Read MoreAdventures of a Blind Woman Navigating the Oceans of STEM Professionals Part 4: Solutions and Giving Back
Here is part 4, the final installment, of the text of a presentation Amy gave at the National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida (#NFB24) on July…
Read MoreAdventures of a Blind Woman Navigating the Oceans of STEM Professionals Part 3: Navigating a Sea of Obstacles
Here is part 3 of the text of a presentation Amy gave at the National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida (#NFB24) on July 6, 2024 As…
Read MoreAdventures of a Blind Woman Navigating the Oceans of STEM Professionals Part 2: What does a physical oceanographer do?
Here is part 2 of the text of a presentation Amy gave at the National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida (#NFB24) on July 6, 2024 So,…
Read MoreAdventures of a Blind Woman Navigating the Oceans of STEM Professionals Part 1: Growing Up
Here is part 1 of the text of a presentation Amy gave at the National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida (#NFB24) on July 6, 2024 These…
Read MoreAn Exciting Day of Science for Perkins Outreach and WHOI
A thick fog blanketed Woods Hole on the morning of Saturday, June 1st as my husband David and I drove to WHOI to meet eight students riding down from the…
Read MoreA Multi-sensory Iceland Visit
After pulling into Reykjavik, Iceland on June 24, formally bringing to a close our research cruise to the Irminger Sea, I had a chance to do some touring around the…
Read MoreIt’s a Small World After All
As a little kid, I was always fond of the song that went with the Disney attraction, “It’s a Small World After All.” I remember having a 45 rpm record…
Read MoreOSNAP Float Field Phase Draws to a Close
For the past several days, the focus of activity on board the Neil Armstrong has been on the OSNAP project. OSNAP stands for Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program,…
Read MoreSound for Science
I find it so interesting that the object of my research is mostly invisible. No one, sighted or not, can “see” ocean currents below the surface. In the same way,…
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