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Calm Technology

Calm Technology

• Pass-Through Technologies
• Principles of Calm Technology
  • I. Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention
  • II. Technology should inform and create calm
  • III. Technology should make use of the periphery
  • IV. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity
  • V. Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak
  • VI. Technology should work even when it fails
  • VII. The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem
  • VIII. Technology should respect social norms
• Papers on Calm Technology
• Podcasts on Calm Technology

Calm Tech Certified

• Attention
  • Icons
  • Low Resolution Indicators
• Periphery
  • Pull Cord
  • Button Remote
  • Knob with Ridges
  • Tactility and Periphery
  • Texture and Rhythm
  • Transition
  • Boundary Softening
• Durability
• Light
  • General Lighting Concepts
  • Color Rendering Index
  • Incandescent vs. LED Lighting
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • ISS Circadian Rhythm
  • Color Psychology
  • Color Temperature and Kelvins
  • Pool of Light
  • PWM vs. CCR
  • Blue Light
  • Light Diffusion
• Sound
• Materials

Calm Tech Examples

• Calm Tech Patterns
• Calm Tech Antipatterns
• Redesign Exercises

Human Universals

• Safety
• Variety
  • Biophilia
  • Natural Material
  • Wood Grain
• Ease
• Belonging
• Awe

Japanese Concepts

• Nijiriguchi
• Onta Yaki
• Stopping Stone
• Ward off Deer
• Ometenashi
• Washi Paper
• Texture
• Modernist Design