ASSIGNMENT # 1.4 Design for You
Cleaning the floor without breaking your back or bruising your knees
My feeble effort without a slip-on shoe, velcro or time.
ASSIGNMENT #1.3 Visual Expression
ASSIGNMENT #1.2 Find the Gap
- Non-slip Stylus for tiny keys on electronic devices useful for people with fat fingers.
- Calendar with all possible religious holidays (from Anglican to Zoroastrianism) programmed so when planning an event, one can click on the date and decide if too many participants will be absent.
- Swivel Automobile Seat for disabled persons to get in and out of a vehicle more easily.
- A Needle Threader with a built-in magnifier and robotic thread carrier programmed to look for tiny holes.
- A Foot Mop of Flexible socks or slippers with an adhesive (velcro) sole to which interchangeable cloths (thick terry, sponges, static cotton) can be affixed allowing user to walk the room, point the toe into corners, glide the foot edge along the baseboards to get at surface dirt on floors.
- Toothbrush/Paste Combination where the brush head, with small holes at base of bristles, can be screwed on the tube and the right amount of paste can be gently squeezed while brushing.
- Talking Tea Kettle that sings out "Water's Boiling" instead of a whistle.
- Kitty Mittens for covering cat's claws to prevent furniture rips and scratches.
- Keyboard Shield, thin enough to allow key strokes and galvanic skin responses but water-proofed to prevent liquid spills from getting under the keyboard.
- Rubberized Golf Tee with larger circumference to hold ball on tee and prevent slippage.
ASSIGNMENT #1.1 Good Design
When you have only half a lemon (or any citrus) to squeeze, this little gadget is easy to find in your kitchen drawer because of its bright color. The bulbous end fits easily in your palm and the sharp point at the end pierces the heart of the fruit. A few twists of the wrist wrings out all the juice, while the ridges squeeze all the pulp until a perfect bowl of peel and rind is left in your other hand. I like everything about this squeezer--the shape, the color, its heft and the efficiency of the job it completes.