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MindUnwired is the global, free-to-join movement. Like-minded life-changers with a single goal. To halve smartphone usage for themselves, and for those that matter to them – for good.

Innovations, Thinkers & Tools

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We Love The Change We're All Trying To Make.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools
We Love The Change We're All Trying To Make.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools

A decent product that's focussed on the change we want to see at MindUnwired.

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Innovations and Thinkers and Tools
Block Yourself.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools
Block Yourself.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools

Interesting! Not just an app that blocks apps!

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How Treating Your Mobile Phone Usage Like Food (!) Might Just Help Reduce Your Screen Time.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools
How Treating Your Mobile Phone Usage Like Food (!) Might Just Help Reduce Your Screen Time.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools

Very recently (April 2025), a nice chap called Richard from Swiftfilms reached the end of this tether with his mobile phone.

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Does Reducing Your Screen Time Change Your Mood? Here's How To Find Out.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools
Does Reducing Your Screen Time Change Your Mood? Here's How To Find Out.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools

One of the best ways to calm your mood is to reduce your screen time. Think clearer. Breathe slower. Breathe deeper. Worry less. Prioritise better. And relax in the space created.

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Balance Phone Pro Launch.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools
Balance Phone Pro Launch.
Innovations and Thinkers and Tools

The distraction-free phone for those that crave more quality time, less screen time.

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Innovations and Thinkers and Tools

Future Generations

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Practical Tips For Parents.
Future Generations
Practical Tips For Parents.
Future Generations

Parenting Author, Speaker, Broadcaster & Mum Sue Atkins gives useful tips, advice and scripts for parents of juniors and younger teens on smartphone ownership.

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Future Generations
Ditch Your Device & Get No Homework.
Future Generations
Ditch Your Device & Get No Homework.
Future Generations

Pupils at a West Midlands school are taking part in an initiative to help reduce their screen usage in return for no homework.

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Future Generations
Wait Until 8th.
Future Generations
Wait Until 8th.
Future Generations

Let kids be kids a little longer. The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until 8th grade (13-14 years old).

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Screen Time and Kid's Mental Health. A Very Current (April 2025), 2 Minute Read.
Future Generations
Screen Time and Kid's Mental Health. A Very Current (April 2025), 2 Minute Read.
Future Generations

A short article published by UKAT in April 2025 about screen time and kids mental health.

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Future Generations

Piilo

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Famous Piilo!
Piilo
Famous Piilo!
Piilo

Here's a fabulous article about Piilo at the Kotona website.

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Piilo
How Come MindUnwired Has So Many Digital / Online Touchpoints?
Piilo
How Come MindUnwired Has So Many Digital / Online Touchpoints?
Piilo

Ah yes. The irony has not passed us by! The answer, for us, is that not all screen time is bad.

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Piilo
When Connecting People (and Disconnecting You From Your Phone) Actually Works!
Piilo
When Connecting People (and Disconnecting You From Your Phone) Actually Works!
Piilo

Early in 2025, brilliant Interior Designer Kristine Böök-Paananen connected Piilo and Sari (Piilo Founder) to Pier 4 hotel in Katajanokka, Finland.

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Piilo
How Many Phones Fit Inside One Piilo? Can I Charge My Phone Inside Piilo?
Piilo
How Many Phones Fit Inside One Piilo? Can I Charge My Phone Inside Piilo?
Piilo

Piilo was originally designed to house any one phone on the market. However, Piilo has evolved to…

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Piilo
How Many Limited Edition Piilo Have Been Created?
Piilo
How Many Limited Edition Piilo Have Been Created?
Piilo

Who has a Piilo? And where are they all?

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Piilo
You Use The Phrase 'Conspicuously Beautiful' When Describing Piilo. What Does That Mean? And Why Doesn't Piilo Lock?
Piilo
You Use The Phrase 'Conspicuously Beautiful' When Describing Piilo. What Does That Mean? And Why Doesn't Piilo Lock?
Piilo

Conspicuously Beautiful means that Piilo's design whispers, it doesn't shout. Find out why this is important.

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Why Is Piilo Called Piilo?
Piilo
Why Is Piilo Called Piilo?
Piilo

Such a cool question. Click the ‘Read More’ link below to find out.

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Will There Ever Be An Online Store At Piilo.co, For International Shipping?
Piilo
Will There Ever Be An Online Store At Piilo.co, For International Shipping?
Piilo

The answer is... soon. Around the middle of 2025.

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How Does Pricing Work For Piilo 1.0 And Piilo 2.0?
Piilo
How Does Pricing Work For Piilo 1.0 And Piilo 2.0?
Piilo

For Piilo 1.0, the price per unit varied. Sometimes under 100 Euros. Sometimes over. This is because we were introducing the world to the flagship product of the MindUnwired Community.

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Piilo
Who Should Buy More Than One Piilo?
Piilo
Who Should Buy More Than One Piilo?
Piilo

Piilo is designed to be a constant visual reminder, for you and yours, whether at home or at work, to reduce screen time. It whispers to you. It is Conspicuously Beautiful, as we say.

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Piilo
Why Does Piilo Look Like It Does? Exploring Design Decisions Behind Piilo.
Piilo
Why Does Piilo Look Like It Does? Exploring Design Decisions Behind Piilo.
Piilo

OK first things first. Here's how we describe Piilo, today…

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Piilo
How Do I Get A Limited Edition Piilo 2.0?
Piilo
How Do I Get A Limited Edition Piilo 2.0?
Piilo

We get asked this a lot. Click the ‘Read More’ link below to find out how…

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What's The Difference Between Piilo 1.0 And Piilo 2.0?
Piilo
What's The Difference Between Piilo 1.0 And Piilo 2.0?
Piilo

We're proud of both Piilo 1.0 and Piilo 2.0. The second is a sophisticated, subtle evolution of the first.

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Piilo
An Introduction.
Piilo
An Introduction.
Piilo

Let's take a moment to introduce you to MindUnwired's flagship product - Piilo.

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Piilo

MindUnwired Members

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Coming Soon.
MindUnwired Members
Coming Soon.
MindUnwired Members

As we move through 2025, this part of our newsletter and website blog will contain real world stories about MindUnwired Community Members.

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MindUnwired Members

Sari’s Fieldnotes

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Why Learning Begins With Presence.
Sari's Fieldnotes
Why Learning Begins With Presence.
Sari's Fieldnotes

Here's a Guest Fieldnote from Camilla, friend of Sari, MindUnwired and Piilo, exploring and thinking about how we learn best.

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Sari's Fieldnotes
Back to Basics.
Sari's Fieldnotes
Back to Basics.
Sari's Fieldnotes

I'm Finnish as many of you know. And as I write, I am at home in Finland.

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Sari's Fieldnotes
My Very First Entry!
Sari's Fieldnotes
My Very First Entry!
Sari's Fieldnotes

So here it is! My very first 'Fieldnotes'. It's my diary really. An introduction to what stories you can expect from me and the MindUnwired team.

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Sari's Fieldnotes

Instead

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Probably The Greatest New Sport In The World!
Instead
Probably The Greatest New Sport In The World!
Instead

I don't think I could love this any more than I do right now.

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Try a 10 Minute Workout.
Instead
Try a 10 Minute Workout.
Instead

Great things to do in the space you create when you do reduce your screen time. Try a 10 minute workout!

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Instead

Academic & Legislative

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Finland, Home Of Piilo (Where Your Phone Sleeps), Is Voted The World's Happiest Country 2025 (Again!)
Academic & Legislation
Finland, Home Of Piilo (Where Your Phone Sleeps), Is Voted The World's Happiest Country 2025 (Again!)
Academic & Legislation

It (ironically) makes us smile to read that, for the seventh year on the run, Finland - (home of Piilo - Where Your Phone Sleeps!) has been voted the world's happiest country.

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Academic & Legislation
Finland's National Recommendations.
Academic & Legislation
Finland's National Recommendations.
Academic & Legislation

The National recommendations in Finland for the use of smartphones for children, adolescents and parents/caregivers.

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Academic & Legislation