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view the final presentation of this project
please visit the posting on Roger’s blog

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view rogers postings on our project

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listening to relaxing sound patterns

increase your body temperature

shake it and scream

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click to see some of the ideas that came from our brainstorming…

click to see our ideas with much more details like benefits and shortcomings

we did our brainstorming using colored cards for different applications

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take a look at our presentation

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Answer the stress questionnaire

Interesting stress related links

Anxiety test

Excedrin stress and biofeedback

thermostats

game to release stress 

Interviews

Saul Stepensky

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

people manage stress in many ways, most times they don’t go to find why they have stress

muscular contraction people go to physiotherapy and that is how they handle stress

or think its work so they work less

the important thing is people don’t go into what is the real reason for their stress, they deal with the practical and not the real thing, so it becomes a cycle

the general way of managing stress would be to manage the symptoms but also go to the source

Meir Amshik

Observant Jew

first go in my mind go to normal, leave the stress, and start to breath. Breath deep, inhale through nose and exhale through the mouth. be aware of the breathing.

stretch my neck, drink water, look at the sky.

Praying?

I always talk to G-d, when im stressed also. it’s a conversation not so much like praying.

Praying helps to understand the situation but its not the main thing.

It resets my mind. When you pray all you have to do goes up to your head. When you are praying you become more aware of yourself. your body wants to get rid of what is bothering at the moment, then it thinks of the more deeper things of the prayer.

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The following is the initial presentation of the project we will be working with throughout the semester

Team members:
Seanita Tolliver
Roger Tsai
Tim Stutts
Daniela Stepensky

Topic:

Cellphone usage behavior
Exploration of cellphone usage beyond core functions for subjects like wellbeing, social, and/ leisure

Target user
Cellphone users between the ages of 15 and 65 who live in New York City

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click to see the observation summary that was done on February 4, 2008 at a dinner prepared and served by a newly wed couple

observation

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