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Modos Flow Earns Calm Tech Platinum Certification for a Blazingly Fast Paper-Like Monitor Built Around Focused Work
Modos Flow is an extraordinarily performant Paper-Like Monitor with an incredible refresh rate, making it suitable for any computer-related task. More importantly, we see this as an important part of a new era in display technology.
Amber Case
5 days ago


What Happens When You Design a Conference Space That Gives Attention Back?
At WEC 2026, the Calm Tech Institute and Hello! Destination Management tested a different approach. We built a multi-sensory Resilience Space inside the convention center and measured its impact using Zenus privacy-first sentiment analytics.
Amber Case
Jul 29


Calm Tech Institute's Booth Review at Hospitality Design Expo 2026
This year, Calm Tech Institute showed up with a question: which trade show booths actually made people feel good? Our favorite booths had key characteristics that aligned the science behind Calm Tech Certified™ for Spaces, our newest offering for hospitality and trade show builders.
Amber Case
May 14


Calm Tech Certified™ for Kids: Our Newest Cohort
Today, we're proud to announce eight newly Calm Tech Certified products designed specifically with kids in mind. Each one was evaluated against our rigorous 81-point framework for attention-aware design.
Amber Case
Mar 10


New ThinkPad Models Achieve Platinum Calm Tech Certification
ThinkPad models have recently earned third-party Calm Tech Certified™ Platinum certification, recognizing designs intended to reduce cognitive load and support sustained focus in professional environments.
Amber Case
Mar 1


Calm Design for Critical Situations
The “cascading alarm” situation is a well-known example of technology making a bad situation worse. Three Principles of Calm Technology™, are worth exploring in high-stakes/high-stress decision making.
Amber Case
Jan 26


Time Timer® MAX Achieves Calm Tech Certification
For shared spaces where groups need coordinated time awareness, Time Timer® MAX is a well-designed physical tool that everyone can see and understand instantly.
Amber Case
Jan 20


Announcing the First Calm Tech Certified™ Awardees of 2025
We're excited to announce the first wave of products on 2025’s Calm Tech Certified™ list, our program which evaluates and benchmarks products that prioritize customer well-being.
Amber Case
Oct 16, 2025


When 10 Seconds Means 23 Minutes: The Attention Costs of Bad Design
"The same part of my mind that was being used for the my legal document gets swapped out for the complexities of the heater system"
Amber Case
Jan 23, 2025


Announcing Calm Tech Certified™ and the First Class of Certified Products
Today we're excited to announce the launch of Calm Tech Certified™, a certification program designed to help companies create products that
Amber Case
Oct 29, 2024


False Alarms & Alert Fatigue: The Hidden Cost of Bad Design on the Healthcare System
And five solutions to help improve it I visited my dad as much as possible in 2016. He was battling Burkett’s Lymphoma and a number of...
Amber Case
Oct 2, 2018
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