High Tech Gagets in Public

[Midnight]

Inspired by the Bus Crash Thread...

If you think about it, how often do you see high-tech gadgets in general public areas? And if you do see them, how often do they actually work?

A couple years ago, a few super markets were putting calculators on the handles of their shopping carts... Most of these calculators were smashed or non-working within 2 months.

A couple years ago, a local gas company put a digital display of fuel cost and gallons pumped right on the nozzle head... These were removed after being repeatedly broken.

Ever notice how most in-store "test station" or "Try me" displays are broken?

For the same reasons the above are the way they are, there are no seat-belts in public busses. It would just be a matter of time before the vandals ruined them enough and the bus companies got tired of fixing them.

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[texace]

Teens and people like to destroy things to see what happens, I guess. Many teens think it's cool to destroy or vandalize things. (grafitti and the like)

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[This message has been edited by texace (edited 04-27-2001).]

[bloom25]

Hmmm, I'm currently a senior in Electrical Engineering myself.  Here at OSU one of the favorite sayings is something slightly modified from an Albert Einstein quote:

"Mankind is in a race to build better, faster, and more idiot-proof machines.  The universe is in a race to build better and faster idiots.  So far the Universe is winning."  

Coming from an engineer this may sound a little strange, but I actually get annoyed with people who seem like they live to flaunt their high-tech toys in public.  I know people that purposely have people call them on their cell phones during movies or class because they think it is cool.  



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