Early models of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner uses a chime when finished, and a secondary indicator light to show when it needs cleaning

Search engines match a search term to a list of results. More than 80% of the job is done by bots, and the rest – the choice and curation...

A color changing Colorfil filter indicates when it's time to change it.

Panasonic’s wearable exoskeleton helps humans lift heavy objects with reduced risk of injury.

Eyeglasses are a pass-through interface that allows people to focus through the lens instead of on the lens.

Glass windows offer a pass-through understanding of what’s inside or outside without requiring someone to go there.

The Jawbone Up has a single button and a colored status light. The device can be set to buzz after a short nap or at the optimum sleep cycle

Japan’s tactile strips use raised bumps to let passengers know they’re too close of the train platform.

A light switch contains the complexity and danger of electricity and allows for a simple on/off function.

A foot pull makes takes a simple metal plate and turns it into an affordance usable by an extra limb.

The Japanese translation of the book Calm Technology. Everyday we suffer a physical toll from the stress of poorly designed technology,...

Hours of screen time and endless alerts? Here's how to cultivate a healthier relationship with tech "Calm technology is about thinking...

Windows are the ultimate pass-through technologies. The best example of a technology interface is one you rarely notice — even if it’s...

Telling Alexa to tell a branded sink to dispense a robotic-amount of water in Amazon’s Smart Home of the Future. Image credit: Mashable...

Coffeeshop governance through rearranging tables like Tetris blocks (Case + MJ5). I’m writing this post from a brand new coffee shop in a...

How a Japanese Startup designs a “Calm User Interface” that re-defines the daily human-digital interaction in the smart home. You get up....

In the early 90s, I remember dozens of Radio Shack trips with my dad. We were always making little hobby projects, and we’d refill on...

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 on Building Unintrusive Technology While many tech futurists argue for humans merging with machines as a utopian vision of the...