As E Ink and E-paper technologies grow in number and quality, Calm Tech Institute is especially interested in new methods and products that highlight what's possible in this medium. Electronic paper now includes a growing family of reflective, low-power displays, including E Ink's electrophoretic screens, color e-paper, reflective LCDs, ChLCD and microfluidic displays, all of which show images by reflecting ambient light instead of emitting their own. Today, we're announcing

Humans are exposed to a lot of artificial light. Recent statistics report that the average person spends up to 90% of their life indoors. Instead of sunlight, we experience hundreds of flickering, low quality LEDs in our homes, paling in comparison to the outside environment. For most of human history, the light available after sunset was fire from candles, oil lamps or hearths. All of it burned around 1800K, deep amber, infrared-rich, and dim. Our circadian systems evolved o

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.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to a six post series on the Calm Tech Institute’s certification standards! In today’s post, we’ll focus on light , which is...