Copyright is held by the author. Golan Levin’s Interactive Art and Computational Design class. Spring 2012, Carnegie Mellon University. Abstract We present “Gesture of In-Kindness,” an interactive art project comprising four household devices that respond in-kind to observers’ gestures. These devices include a fan that blows air at the observer only when the observer is actively blowing his or ...

As regular readers will know, a number of recent editorials in Nursing Ethics have focused on unethical health-care practice. It is necessary to strive to understand this and to work in our different areas of practice to eradicate it. It is also important to draw attention to, celebrate and reward ethical practice. Therefore, I would like to share a practice example that highlights, I believe, ...

Over the last three decades, a growing number of scientists and clinicians have been investigating the utility of meditative practices as attention and emotion regulation strategies. Many studies have provided evidence that mindfulness meditation can have positive effects on psychotherapists’ capacity to offer presence, acceptance and empathy to their clients. More recently, loving-kindness med...