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Calm TechnologyDesigning for the Internet of Things
Amber Case@caseorganic | Caseorganic.comCalmtechnology.com
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50 Billion devices will be online by 2020. -Cisco
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Sound good?
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Consider…
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The "Smart" Watch
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The "Smart" Fridge
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The Dystopian Kitchen of the Future
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An era of interruptive technology
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We need a Calm Technology
Mark Weiser John Seeley Brown
XEROX PARC: mid-90s
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The scarce resource in the 21st Century will not be technology.It will be attention. - Mark Weiser
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Principles of Calm Technology
I. Technology shouldn’t require all of our attention, just some of it, and only when necessary
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A Tea Kettle
II. Technology should empower the periphery
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Hue Lightbulb connected to a weather report
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Weather Light
1. Machines shouldn't act like humans2. Humans shouldn't act like machines
III. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity.
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SleepCycle Alarm Clock
IV. Technology can communicate, but it doesn’t need to speak
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Buzzes you when you exhibit poor posture.
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LUMOBack Smart Posture Sensor
V. The right amount of technology is the minimum amount to solve the problem
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Toilet Occupied Sign
A person's primary task should not be computing, but being human.
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Good design allows people to accomplish their goals in the least amount of moves
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Calm Technology allows people to accomplish the same goals with the least amount of mental cost
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