A couple of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, apparently tired of this whole touchscreen vs. button debate, have decided to just do away with the distinction entirely.
When you’re stressed at work, you might find yourself “goofing off” to ease your frustrations. But when a coworker waltzes in looking for you, what do you do? Quick, hit the Hulk Smash USB button!
With the press of a button, your life will surely change for the negative.
The guys over at PhoneWreck couldn’t contain themselves: they’ve already taken the BlackBerry Storm apart into a pile of little tiny pieces. And they discovered the secret behind it’s “click” touchscreen—the whole screen’s backplate presses on a single microswitch, so it’s one big button. They also found the Qualcomm MSM7600 processor in there somewhere, and laid blame for sluggish phone performance on that multi-tasking chip’s plate, since it runs just about everything on the phone. [Phonewreck via Crunchgear]
Kotaku’s Ashcraft’s book on Japanese arcades may document how well those gaming centres are doing in Japan, but arcades are pretty much on their last legs here in the US. These high quality Supermandolini arcade buttons are how you can keep hope alive. Sixteen euros ($US20) gets you ten badges, or buttons, that you can shove on your backpack or shirt or pants to show just how much you love putting quarters into things. Bonus: putting any one of these 10 on strategic areas of your pants can make for a funny joke. [Super Mandolini]
Though the Large Hadron Collider didn’t kill us when those crazy CERN scientists closed their eyes, said a prayer, recited a few theorems and switched it on for the first time, the secret is that it could have killed us. When they built the collider, the scientists installed a black-hole creation button. (The button is real, but it doesn’t actually do anything.)
Everyone loves a good panic button, and what bigger emergency is there than being condomless when you find a woman that actually wants to have sex with you? Relax, this condom dispensing “Don’t Panic” button has your back. Well, it would if it actually existed. Unfortunately, it is currently in the concept phase. [Designspotter]
