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24/03/2022 Gerard Stevenson

The flight of the Bumble Bee

Another unpublished post by Gerard- just found it. Enjoy! For 25 years Mary Kay had been a juggler. At work

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21/02/2022 Gerard Stevenson

Day 22: Isaac Newton

Note: I  found this unpublished post on Gerard’s site and have decided to publish it. Gerard was certainly a giant-

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17/02/2021 Gerard Stevenson

Who is Andrew Laidlaw?

Andrew Laidlaw is one of Australia’s leading landscape architects and designers.  With over 30 years of experience in the industry,

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31/08/2020 Gerard Stevenson

A life or death choice

  Imagine this. You wake up in a strange place. It looks like a hospital. It’s actually ICU in a

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24/08/2020 Gerard Stevenson

The day I fell

Sort It was Sunday morning August 24, 2014. I was working at home on the deck when I slipped and

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16/09/2019 Gerard Stevenson

Trees at night

I have teamed up with Andrew Laidlaw* Andrew’s vision is breathtaking (I know, an awful pun given my circumstances) For

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24/06/2019 Gerard Stevenson

Amazing robots

Controlling external devices and detecting mental intent using the brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has opened doors to improve the lives

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03/06/2019 Gerard Stevenson

The power of Gardens

Oliver Sacks was a neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and author. He believed that the brain is the “most incredible

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28/05/2019 Gerard Stevenson

Exciting developments in VR

I had been in contact, by email, with Associate Professor Sylvia Gustin PhD at the University of Technology Sydney. Sylvia

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23/04/2019 Gerard Stevenson

Day 20: Even the best of us sometimes lose it!

There is an engaging, encouraging story about Dr Norman Vincent Peale. Norman was the author of “The Power of Positive

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