People spend roughly 90 percent of their time indoors. Most of that time is spent in spaces designed around efficiency, code compliance, and cost per square foot. Whether those spaces support the people inside them has historically been a secondary concern. Garden on the Wall® is a no-maintenance plant art system crafted with all-natural preserved moss and plant species, allowing buildings like airports and hospitals to bring nature inside. With so much of built life a non-pl

Invisible Display brings more information to the environment, allowing one to look at their schedule at a glance without loading an app or switching a browser tab. The Invisible Display is a 7.5-inch electronic ink calendar with a hand-finished wooden frame, made by Invisible Computers, a small hardware and software company based in Germany. The display connects to Google Calendar via a mobile app and refreshes every five seconds, showing the current schedule without notifica

HiRO is a screen-free speaker for kids. Instead of navigating a screen, kids use printed NFC cards: they pick a card, tap it on the speaker, and the music or story starts playing. The speaker asks for as little attention as possible and uses only the technology needed to do its job, so the child's focus stays on the story, not the device. It's something a two-year-old can use alone, without a parent's phone anywhere in the room.

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.

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.

Designed in Norway and inspired by the belief that fresh, rejuvenating air belongs everywhere, Renew is the latest addition to Airthings’ range of intelligent air quality solutions and an exciting, long-awaited moment for those who have hoped for a purifier to work alongside their Airthings monitors.

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.

Both Norway and Sweden’s air standards for homes and other buildings are some of the highest in the world. They sit at the high end globally—on par with Finland, Sweden, and Estonia—and are definitely stronger than North America, the UK, Southern Europe, and most of the world.