I’m reminded of a few projects I’ve seen here and there where a dad with some electronics skills builds a control panel for his kid with a bunch of knobs, buttons, lights, switches, gauges, displays etc. that makes suitably impressive industrial noises as you mess with the controls because what kid doesn’t want that? I want that.
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bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 days agoI have seen AI gadgets in clickbait ads.
Cool-looking cubes with lots of controls and stuff, but with meaningless symbols and “words” for labels.
It reminds me how influenced I am by advertising, that I kind of want something that doesn’t exist or have a purpose, just because it looks gadgety.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It is the promise of mystery, discovery, unknown functions that could end up being truly fascinating. The less clear the workings of a device at first glance (down to some minimum threshold), the more it evokes that sense of wonder and curiosity.
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 days ago
True. Part of me still wants a Nokia N90 just because it hinted at so much functionality when I first saw it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N90#/media/File:Nokia…