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The Best Product Designs of 2006

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shiny-toys-get-recognition dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has made available IDSA's annual list of the best designed products of the year." From the article: "The Talking Tactile Tablet system allows visually impaired individuals to access graphic imagery they otherwise would not be able to enjoy. Instead of using Braille, which the majority of visually impaired people do not read, users hear audio descriptions of each component of an image. Key considerations of the design were ease-of-use, ruggedness, cost and providing a pleasing aesthetic experience, namely how the product feels."

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  1. Fleshlight by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Snubbed again.

    1. Re:Fleshlight by AutopsyReport · · Score: 2, Funny

      Who are you talking to? Get with the times, man. The Fleshlight is still virgin territory around here.

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      For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.

    2. Re:Fleshlight by garcia · · Score: 2, Funny

      They come with a intact hymen now?!

  2. Ouch! by plover · · Score: 2, Funny

    That picture of the rescue tool looks exactly like the 'lower-human-horn harvester' from Futurama!

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    John
  3. Won't Work by thecommenter · · Score: 5, Funny
    The SignalOneSafety Vocal Smoke Detector uses a parent's recorded voice to wake children in case of a fire and provide them with evacuation instructions.
    Shut up Mom, I wanna sleep 5 more minutes before school!
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    http:///..org...pure genius, yet absolutely impossible to explain to the uninformed.
  4. Re:What the.... ? by bcat24 · · Score: 4, Funny
    When did it suddenly become okay to have "web" "pages" with no actual content at all, just javascript that serves no purpose but to echo html?
    Welcome to the Web 2.0! It's like old technologies put together to make new buzzwords.
  5. Re:As a firefighter... by truthsearch · · Score: 3, Funny

    who is going to run with a flashlight?

    Usually just bad actresses with oversized breasts who are being chased by large men in ugly costumes.

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    Developers: We can use your help.
  6. Nutty Buddy?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Holy crap! It's such a painfully glorious and obvious name. This thing deserves every possible prize it can get.

    http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/idea2006/s ource/53.htm