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Biophilic Engagement: The Case for Skyscapes over Landscapes

When I first began installing virtual skylights in radiation therapy vaults twenty years ago, doctors would often ask if one …
Pediatrician's office showing a doctor and mom smiling and sharing a children's book with a baby.

A Single Book can Create a Lifelong Learner

Reading. One of the single most powerful acts of personal responsibility an individual must master, and the earlier the better. …
MRI procedure room with a circular window in the ceiling showing a blue sky with a few clouds and flowering tree branches.

Why an MRI Needs the Sky

The poor MRI. It is an undeserving recipient of a bad rap caused by misinformation, rumor, or in many cases, …
Square window showing a bright blue sky with clouds in a room above an MRI machine.

“Open Sky” Image Technology for the MRI Environment

Vintage car, the Nash Ambassador Six 4-door sedan, from 1937.

Why Put a Window in a Car Roof or A Healthcare Facility?

The sky affects us every moment we are exposed to it. It conveys the weather, time of day, time of …
Large round window on ceiling of LINAC procedure room, featuring blue sky, clouds and flowering tree branches.

Benefits of Virtual Skylights in LINAC Rooms

As a student of the science of Biophilia, and a practitioner of Biophilic Engagement, I’m constantly striving to learn the …
Looking up through a canopy of trees laden with green leaves to see a blue sky with puffy white clouds.

Why I Love the Sky

During the 2012 U.S. election season, candidate Mitt Romney gave a speech in Detroit in which he raved not only …