Eyeglasses are an example of calm technology. They help us to see the world more clearly, but they do not distract us from what we are doing, and we are barely aware of their existence. According to Dr. Weiser, the purpose of a computer is to help you do something else. The computer should extend your unconscious and the more you can do by intuition, the smarter you are. The way these devices control information overload is by making the machine conform to the user, not the other way around.
Information is presented in the manner the user decides, and is easily accessible.
Accessing the information doesn't require the user to work, it just appears. For example, a personalized newspaper could have the news that the user wishes to read displayed on it each morning, so the user doesn't have to search through the entire paper, or access the Internet to find it. Research directly related to the Internet is looking at browsers that can present information more effeciently and provide real-time delivery of complex information.