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Calming Technology - Inducing cognitive, affective, and physiological calm.

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Work without E-mail

A mixed-methods study showed work without e-mail increased task focus, decreased multi-tasking, and lowered physiological stress. markvoida-chi12  

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Expert Guests visiting 1/10/2013

Tristan Harris is a Product Manager at Google. He graduated from Stanford and started Apture, a browser extension for information foraging, which was acquired by Google in 2011. He is now working on Task Management across Google and Gmail. Dr. Kyra Bobinet has founded several healthcare start-ups, spanning behavior health, population health, and mobile health. She has…
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d.compress in 2013

It’s 2013. Time to design some calm. Yes, there is great opportunity for us to design experiences that create, or remind people of, the calm that is a human birthright.  The clarity we have when we walk in the woods, hug an old friend, or know exactly what work step to take next. But there’s…
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  • Posterous shuts down in April. Move all posts, images, videos to Tumblr. Fast and free: http://t.co/HtXZQYqHwF #RIPposterous via @importto 01:27:50 PM April 24, 2013 from TwtQpon
  • Phone vs heart: the role of plasticity, social connection + digital habits in your health http://t.co/eYITbmb6cu #calmingtech 07:46:32 AM March 25, 2013 from web
  • RT @StephHabif: "The present hysteria is not a necessary or inevitable condition of life; it’s something we’ve chosen" #calmingtech http ... 12:21:49 PM March 21, 2013 from web
  • RT @Baytelman: DriveCalm! Awesome "msg other cars while driving" project at @CalmingTech. Just beautiful. http://t.co/Yvisu5RxPU 07:20:55 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone
  • @kchakicks got a $57 ticket for conducting her empathy research in SF for her #calmingtech prototype @meter_beater Doh! 07:10:13 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone in reply to kchakicks
  • RT @Baytelman: @kchakicks by far the most disruptive, hilarious and crazy presentation (yet) at @CalmingTech Meter Beater! Love it (yet ... 07:08:51 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone
  • RT @Baytelman: SurroundSense at @CalmingTech - really cool nature-at-work project. Biophilic elements decrease stress! I use my own desk ... 06:44:01 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone
  • Q&A session during #calmingtech student prototype presentations. http://t.co/xhcYQIVlzB 06:19:48 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone
  • RT @Baytelman: This years @calmingtech presentations are about to start at Stanford dschool! #calmingtech 06:06:39 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone
  • RT @jonkawa: Love that @CalmingTech events start with a meditation. 06:06:32 PM March 20, 2013 from Twitter for iPhone
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