I have a love/hate relationship with European washing machines, but have you seen James Dyson’s washing machine? Apparently it is faster, it’s more efficient, it holds more laundry in a smaller space, and it cleans better than anything we’ve got. Will he ever stop? I hope not.
Household items James Dyson should revisit next:
- The Kitchen Mixer: make kneading more human-like. Use sensors/feedback systems to treat the dough nicely.
- The blender and/or cuisinart: keep the size more consistent across and between batches. Every chef wants each piece of chopped vegetable in a batch to be exactly the same size, so they’ll all cook evenly. I’d like to see a cuisinart that can take a carrot and give you a pile of perfect 1/16” square carrot pieces.
- Toaster oven: Don’t let anything char. Toast more evenly. Etc.
He doesn’t need to revisit the coffee maker, alarm clock, television, microwave, or any other appliaces we already pay too much attention to.
Book idea: The Road Trip Road Atlas. Large format, something you can really get your face into. Along with typical USA road atlas content, this guide adds full-page or multi-page maps of national and state parks, with photographs (to give a better idea of what the terrain looks like), seasonal day/night climate graphs, trails, some indication of scale beyond the simple miles/km scale, and other stuff you should know: What trails you’ll need passes for in advance, what to bring with you when visiting this area, animals to look out for, etc.
Finish this story: “We first met in the trunk of a car.”
Want to start working on a 1280x1024 or higher res. web site. How will the web change when you’ve got 1280x1024 to work with? Do you know of any sites that require it? It could be bad— more pixels means more room for interface. And as they say, no matter how great your interface is, it’d be better if there were less of it. But it could also be good— more room for data. Hmm.. If I ever get a 1280x1024 flat panel, I may start designing for that size, see where it goes.