This presentation was given by Amber Case of Healthways at Delight 2015 on Oct. 5, 2015.
Technology shouldn't require all of our attention, just some of it, and only when necessary. Calm technology describes a state of technological maturity where a user's primary task is not computing, but being human. The idea is to have smarter people, not things. Amber will cover how to use principles of Calm Technology in product design and how we must to manage the next generation of connected devices in our human landscape.
http://delight.us/conference
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1. Machines shouldn't act like humans
2. Humans shouldn't act like machines
IV. Technology should amplify the
best of technology and the best of
humanity.
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Weiser’s Status Tone
Alarm Clock
…”the kind of tune the computer plays to wake me
up will tell me something about my first few
appointments of the day. A quick, urgent tune:
8am important meeting. Quiet, reflective music:
nothing until noon”. - Weiser, 1996
From { Open House }* March 1996, ITP Review 2.0, March 1996.
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I. Technology should require the smallest amount of our attention.
II. Technology should inform and encalm
III. Technology should empower the periphery
IV. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of
humanity
V. Technology should respect social norms
VI. Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak
VII.The right amount of technology is the minimum amount to solve
the problem
VIII.Technology should make use of the near and the far
Eight Principles of Calm Technology
You shouldn’t have to go through the Internet in order to turn on and off your lights.
We are carrying around supercomputers in our pockets. We shoduldn’t be doing all of our processing in the cloud. Touching the network will become expensive.
How few times can you go to the network?
Includes other tech such as insilun pumps, crutches, etc.
Includes other tech such as insilun pumps, crutches, etc.
Includes other tech such as insilun pumps, crutches, etc.
You shouldn’t have to go through the Internet in order to turn on and off your lights.
We are carrying around supercomputers in our pockets. We shoduldn’t be doing all of our processing in the cloud. Touching the network will become expensive.
How few times can you go to the network?