Bad design. No donut!

[unixronin]

It appears Fujitsu ran a "future design" contest.  And C|Net ran a pictorial on the winners.

This is the first winner.

I think I can say with complete confidence that whoever designed this "cane" has never needed to use one.  Not only is this thing almost completely useless as a cane, it looks like a repetitive-stress injury (probably to the carpal tunnel) waiting to happen.  It's comparable to all these design-school motorcycle "concepts" designed by people who have never ridden a motorcycle and don't understand the first thing about how one works, and which it's usually obvious at the first glance would be completely unrideable.

I don't care how high-tech and sexy your "design" looks.  Make some effort to learn a little about whatever it is you're trying to come up with a new design for, before you whip out your copy of Illustrator and just start making shit up.  This is not a mobility aid for a disabled person; it's a bloody fashion accessory.

Comments

[merlinpendragon]

Yes, you sent me 2 cards. One has a fan, the other doesn't, and both are Maxtor.

[unixronin]

Maxtor? I think you mean Matrox. Funny, coulda sworn they were both fanless...

[merlinpendragon]

You're right about the name. I'm trying to type with one eye covered (been bugging me for over a week) and it's getting hard to catch my letter-switching when I type.