Often it seems like technology is ____. Computers and smartphones are at the centre of almost everything we do. They're constantly demanding our ____. We text our friends during the day, sleep with our ____ by our beds and check our ____ as soon as we wake up. According to Amber Case, in the future, technology will no longer be ____ us all of the time. Instead, we will use calm technology - a concept first developed by ____ Mark Weiser in the 1970s. In his vision, calm technology works quietly but ____, at the edge of our attention. We know it is there, but we don't ____ on it. According ____ Mark, the best technology should be ____ and let you live your life. We already use many different ____ of calm technology in our everyday lives. Do you have a ____ alarm in your house? That smoke ____ is always there, ____ the air for smoke and quietly keeping you ____. It only reminds you it's there when you've ____ your toast! Or there may be ____ in your home or school that are sensitive to ____. When somebody ____ in front of their sensor, the lights turn ____. You don't think about this type of technology ____ you see the light go on. Even a microwave oven is an ____ of calm technology. You're not standing at the ____ heating your food: the microwave is doing it for you. You don't think about its work until you hear the beeping ____ signalling that your food is ready. In the future, Amber imagines that our houses will use calm technology to open the curtains for us in the morning, to turn down the heat when we ____, or even to ____ the best music for our mood. The minute we walk through the door, our house will ____ by turning on the lights and music, setting the radiators to a ____ temperature and perhaps even starting to prepare our dinner!

Impact 2 Calm technology

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