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Calm technology
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<p>Calm technology or calm design is a type of <a href="/facts/Information_technology/glMzunwe">information technology</a> 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. <a href="/facts/Mark_Weiser/RpLQKEu2">Mark Weiser</a> and <a href="/facts/John_Seely_Brown/mwPD6rUN">John Seely Brown</a> describe calm technology as "that which informs but doesn't demand our focus or attention." </p><p>The use of calm technology is paired with <a href="/facts/Ubiquitous_computing/KdH2CFrh">ubiquitous computing</a> as a way to minimize the perceptible invasiveness of computers in everyday life. </p>