"Art and artists are mentioned a lot in the article for good reason. The objects aren't design. They have limited to zero practical purpose (white tyres, really?)- they're art. "

"How would I have done it differently? I would have first worked out how a plastic bowl-mounted device could possibly generate the same amount of torque as the human arm to .. you know.. remove deposits... Secondly, all that real estate taken up making the thing look like a cutesy robot when all it needs to do is remove the ... deposits.... And finally- you have to touch the thing to install and remove it anyway, so why not just grab a brush and be done with it? "