What a business mind!
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
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The toilet.
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
Tomz_KV wrote:
Do you know any other examples like this?
Roll-your-own cigarette rolling paper boxes contain a coloured paper when there are only 10 left (of typically 50 or 100). Another example: Patent US5365874 - End of dental floss tape indicator - Google Patents[^].
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Little things like these may not get noticed. But they do reflect manufacturers work hard on their products.
TOMZ_KV
Like a hard drive that gives the "imminent failure" warning. :-D
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
Yes, but I can't tell you in every detail what the owner of my local bar mixes into the beer to remind me that I should have another one. And now you have reminded me to go and buy a fresh two pound roll of filament for the 3D printer after work.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
My car has a flat tyre warning. I saw it one day and drove in to work wondering what the hell that light meant. When I got in to work I read the manual, then I looked at the tyre and realised the significance of the light. These sorts of things are only useful if you know what they mean. No I am not going to read the whole of my car manual - I simply don't have the time.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Tomz_KV wrote:
Do you know any other examples like this?
Roll-your-own cigarette rolling paper boxes contain a coloured paper when there are only 10 left (of typically 50 or 100). Another example: Patent US5365874 - End of dental floss tape indicator - Google Patents[^].
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people get wrinkly, slow, and sometimes stupid when they're about to run out
Installing Signature... Do not switch off your computer.
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Like a hard drive that gives the "imminent failure" warning. :-D
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yes, but I can't tell you in every detail what the owner of my local bar mixes into the beer to remind me that I should have another one. And now you have reminded me to go and buy a fresh two pound roll of filament for the 3D printer after work.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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I don't think so. You would only smoke less when finally running out of papers without being informed before.
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My car has a flat tyre warning. I saw it one day and drove in to work wondering what the hell that light meant. When I got in to work I read the manual, then I looked at the tyre and realised the significance of the light. These sorts of things are only useful if you know what they mean. No I am not going to read the whole of my car manual - I simply don't have the time.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I already have one, if you take into account how long it needs to finish an object. More of a relative spacetime printer.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Changes colour to tell you it needs emptying. :)
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Changes colour to tell you it needs emptying. :)
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I mean, I am not saying it goes peach after a week or two, but it definitely changes colour! :)
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
Cash register receipt rolls have a red stripe on then when they are nearing the end
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My car has a flat tyre warning. I saw it one day and drove in to work wondering what the hell that light meant. When I got in to work I read the manual, then I looked at the tyre and realised the significance of the light. These sorts of things are only useful if you know what they mean. No I am not going to read the whole of my car manual - I simply don't have the time.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens