Thursday, October 28, 2004
Interfaces to Fruit
A great entry by a group of students on the HCI course. Asked to blog about people interacting with objects, they've come up with a good take on how we work with fruit. It could be expanded almost infinitely.....
To add my 2p to their view that bananas are the best and oragnes are the worst: Satsumas are okay, in my view, as they are easy to get into, but they do suffer from pith now and again. Basically, designed for the intermediate user. Oranges also suffer from having a non-biodegradable outer, at least in sea water, where it can exist as a blot on the shoreline for many years.
But if you take a different interaction approach, oranges are fantastic. Slice them into quarters, and they offer juice, fruit, and a convenient holder all in one..... It all depends on whether you are prepared to appropriate the technology in a different way.
A great entry by a group of students on the HCI course. Asked to blog about people interacting with objects, they've come up with a good take on how we work with fruit. It could be expanded almost infinitely.....
To add my 2p to their view that bananas are the best and oragnes are the worst: Satsumas are okay, in my view, as they are easy to get into, but they do suffer from pith now and again. Basically, designed for the intermediate user. Oranges also suffer from having a non-biodegradable outer, at least in sea water, where it can exist as a blot on the shoreline for many years.
But if you take a different interaction approach, oranges are fantastic. Slice them into quarters, and they offer juice, fruit, and a convenient holder all in one..... It all depends on whether you are prepared to appropriate the technology in a different way.
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