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Calm technology

Calm technology or calm design is a type of information technology where the interaction between the technology and its user is designed to occur in the user's periphery rather than constantly at the center of attention. Information from the technology smoothly shifts to the user's attention when needed but otherwise stays calmly in the user's periphery.…

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Calm technology

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples45
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Calm technology

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related to history · 12
Calm technology → Dangling String, Designing Calm Technology, Ethernet, It, John Seely Brown, LiveWire, Mark Weiser, The, Weiser, When, While, Xerox PARC
related to External links · 11
Calm technology → An, Articles, Calm Design Lab, Calm Tech Institute, CalmTech, Certification, Hub, Principles, Research, Retrieved, Short
related to Future research · 11
Calm technology → Airthings View Plus, Another, Calm Tech Certified, Calm Tech Institute, Early, Generation, In October, Kyoto-based, Lab, Paper Pro, The
related to Implementation and examples · 3
Calm technology → Information, Smart, Video
related to Principles · 3
Calm technology → For, The, This

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calm technology attention information user's periphery design principles retrieved user research lab tech com weiser computing motor institute rather focus

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through gesturesinstance ofInformation conveyed0.80text
facial expressions can be gatheredinstance ofInformation conveyed0.80text
as opposed to telephone conferences which do not provide this peripheral information.Smart homes are an extension of calm technology due to their emphasis on awarenessinstance ofInformation conveyed0.80text
adaptability to the user's needs.From 2001 to 2003instance ofInformation conveyed0.80text
the EU funded 17 projects under an initiative calledinstance ofInformation conveyed0.80text
Calm technologyrelated to External linksCalm Tech Institute0.60section
Calm technologyrelated to External linksResearch0.60section
Calm technologyrelated to External linksCertification0.60section
Calm technologyrelated to External linksRetrieved0.60section
Calm technologyrelated to External linksPrinciples0.60section
Calm technologyrelated to External linksCalmTech0.60section
Calm technologyrelated to External linksShort0.60section

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