">"As a slang term, "the kitchen sink" essentially means an excessive abundance."  The actual phrase is "Everything but the the kitchen sink". The phrase "kitchen sink" just means "kitchen sink".  "

"Only they are not doing the same thing "in the end".  Optical AR systems are usually better for presenting virtual information over a user's view of the real world - think Heads Up Displays. Google Glass, Microsoft Hololens. Pass-through AR (effectively a VR system with cameras and sophisticated motion tracking) are better at presenting a virtual world to the user. This latter category is Apple, and an industrial system from Sony and Siemens.  My Casio watch tells the time for100th the price of an Apple Watch (or indeed, a Lamborghini with a clock in the dashboard, if you add some more zeros to the above fraction), but only in very specific use-cases is it 'doing the same thing'. If I only wish to know the time, then yeah, sure, the Casio watch is the 'smarter' product. That various users have various use-cases suggests that there may be room in the market for variety and not any one 'smarter' solution. Sketchbook or drawing board. Phone or desktop computer. Pickup truck or wheel barrow. Scalpel or machete. I would have hoped that a Product Design blog would grow the differences immediately and thus skip to the more interesting nuanced questions down stream.  Anyway, if you have any interest in this field, Karl Guttag (link above) is a leading commentator, reviewer and analyst of AR technologies. He made the point that things that are easy for AR systems are hard for VR systems, and vice versa. "

"Is there any reason why they're not using stainless steel or titanium?  [Material selection]"

"Itd be nice to hear from a welder to get a rough idea of the actual cost... Several thousand dollars seems high, given that the donor frames cost next to zero. That just leaves labour (paint stripping, welding, painting, assembly), some materials (square section steel) and parts (drivetrain, motor, battery, brakes, tyres etc)"

"Ridge tents have square or triangular sections, and were the most common shape of tent until dome tents became popular. We didn't realise their form was an aggressive attempt to subjugate nature - they were just tents. "

"Talk about comparing apples to oranges.  Xreal are a completely different thing to Apple's Vision Pro. The AVP is 'pass through' AR, where the user is looking at screens and the real world is captured by cameras and passed through to the screens. The Xreal uses an optical system to superimpose virtual graphics over the user's view of the real world.  More here:  https://kguttag.com/2024/01/27/ces-pt-3-xreal-bmw-octrux-nimo-planet-sightful-and-letinar/"

"Aye! I suspect this cheap Casio will be better for timing my boiled eggs than anbOmwfa Speedmaster, too! (If it takes twelve minutes for one hand to turn 360 degrees, then it will be clear when, say 4 minutes has elapsed)"

"Pushing a wheelie bin that contains heavy glass bottles is far harder than pushing a wheelie bin that contains plastic or cardboard.  Additionally, the noise of glass bottles falling from a tipped bin into a collection vehicle can be damaging to a recycling operative's hearing. Earplugs aren't an ideal option, since the operative needs their hearing to avoid other road vehicles.  Additionally, the use of glass is prohibited in some locations such as parks, nature reservations or festivals. "

"- Up-cycled "

"- Modular - Iconic- Reimagined "

"Blink and you'll miss in the CGI animation: The case also stores your laptop. My first thoughts are that I don't like the idea of wheels that have been rolled through the streets being placed level with the user's face. However, I can't immediately think of a robust, elegant, friction-free solution. "

"Futuristic motorcycle has hubless wheels? Of course it does.  "