There was a recent, fascinating newspaper article featuring a college student whose family I am acquainted with. This young man, an industrial design student, has designed a lamp, featured in an Italian trade show, that is environmentally friendly. It works for one hour, stops working, and "dumps a mess on the table". What type of "mess" is not specified. The student goes on to explain that the lamp was not meant to be functional, nor practical, but rather eye and mind-catching because of its conceptual nature.
I could not agree more. Moreover, it seems to me that the concept of working for one hour and then "dumping a mess" has application far beyond the whimsical nature of this lamp.
Consider lawn mowers or vacuum sweepers. Why cannot these machines be built and programmed to mow or vacuum, respectively, for one hour, then dump the collected mess at a pre-determined spot. This would eliminate the need for either machine to have a collection bag that accumulates tiny particles of dust, debris and ODOR. While a lawn mower bag mostly just smells like cut grass - unless an unsuspecting tiny critter got caught up in the blades - a vacuum-sweeper bag can acquire quite the ugly smell, especially if you have a pet or you've vacuumed up lots of bugs, followed by vacuuming some level of moisture. Disgusting odor, to say the least. My nose always alerts me to when my vacuum-sweeper bag needs changing.....but if the device could be re-designed to simply dump at a pre-determined AND pre-authorized dump site, then the odoriferous issue could be solved.
Perhaps, in the future, a micro-chip would be developed that could be implanted (Yes, safely!) into toddlers for purposes of potty-training. Imagine the delight and relief of parents, world-wide, if they knew there was help during this most trying of processes? Child plays about for one hour then "dumps a mess" at a location of the parent's choosing.
Hmmm.....could be applicable for adults traveling longs distances in cars or other vehicles? Maybe one hour could be stretched to two....three....four.....a whole day????????? Pets? I could have a dog on the Aqua RV!
I'm gonna give this young man a call!
Ancora impottyaro
