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  • Thursday, July 28, 2016

Rosalind Picard on Tech and Wellbeing

We had the opportunity to speak with Affective Computing pioneer, Ros Picard, on her approach to designing technology for wellbeing.  We sh...

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  • Monday, July 4, 2016

Special Issue is Out

Our open access s pecial issue on Positive Compuintg in the Springer journal,  Psychology of Well-being is out! Co-edited with Dianne Vell...

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  • Thursday, June 23, 2016

Tom Insel on Tech & Wellbeing

The longest running director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and now at  Verily , Google’s Life Sciences division, Thomas...

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  • Thursday, June 16, 2016

Advancing Wellbeing seminars on video

The MIT Media Lab's Advancing Wellbeing initiative sees leaders in various disciplines from around the world come to the Media Lab to ex...

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  • Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Sonja Lyubomirsky on Tech & Wellbeing

Welcome to our short interview series, "Perspectives on Tech & Wellbeing" where we speak with leaders in psychology, health an...

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  • Thursday, May 12, 2016

Apps for Mental Health - Getting it right.

The leading research journal, Nature  dedicated an article to the promise, prevalence, and problems of apps designed to lighten the burden o...

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  • Saturday, April 30, 2016

Brad Feld on Tech & Wellbeing

Welcome to our short interview series, " Perspectives on Tech & Wellbeing " where we speak with leaders in psychology, health...

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  • Sunday, December 6, 2015

Course in Positive Computing at CHI 2016

We're delighted to announce that we'll be leading the course " Designing technology to foster psychological wellbeing " ...

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  • Monday, June 29, 2015

Postdoc Opportunity in Positive Computing

Postdoctoral Research Position in Technology and Wellbeing School of Electrical & Information Engineering Brain and Mind Resear...

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  • Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Positive Computing eBook has Arrived...

You can now download an eBook version of Positive Computing: Technology for Wellbeing and Human Potential from Amazon which is great news...

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  • Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The Apple Watch is Out, but Does it Deserve to Exist?

Just two years ago, Apple's media message shined the spotlight on emotional  experience.  "That's what matters" they s...

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  • Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Role of Meaning in Software Design

Intuit has consistently produced some of the most successful financial software on the market (eg. Quicken, Turbotax) and according to a re...

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  • Monday, January 26, 2015

Does Tech Have to Be Addictive to Succeed?

On a recent whirlwind tour talking positive computing with folks at Google, Facebook, and across the valley, it was an impromptu m...

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  • Tuesday, January 20, 2015

5 Ways to Design Tech for Resilience

Is there a difference between empathy and compassion? Short answer: Yes, and the difference is key to designing for resilience. In a re...

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  • Saturday, December 27, 2014

Algorithmic Cruelty vs. Compassionate Design

We associate the days leading to a New Year to new beginnings, new undertakings and resolutions. It is often a time when we review what has...

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  • Monday, December 22, 2014

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Psychology of Well-Being (Springer)

Positive Computing: A new partnership between psychology, the social sciences and technology Psychology of Well-Being  is inviting submis...

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  • Monday, November 10, 2014

Well, well, well…Design for Wellbeing

 The stunning new issue of CRISP  magazine was launched at the 2014 Design & Emotion Conference  and presented at  Dutch Design Week. ...

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  • Monday, October 20, 2014

Positive Computing Now Available for Pre-order

We're thrilled to announce that Positive Computing : Technology for Wellbeing and Human Potential can now be pre-ordered through MIT ...

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  • Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Design for Learning

Whether it's a personal development curriculum, mindfulness training, or lifelong learning for life satisfaction, supporting learning ...

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  • Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Science & Practice of Compassion

What if technology could help people develop and practice compassion? Last night we had the incredible privilege of hosting two remarkab...

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