Product Design Fail

For some reason, our family recieves some junk mail that advertises some of the most ridiculous product ideas in the world. I think the products they sell are all "experimentals", and granted some of them are rather ingenious, some are mediocre, and some are just plain stupid. Here are some examples of STUPID ideas.

SCISSORS with inbuilt LASER POINTER.
Now I have heard and seen of circular saws with lasers and other stationary hardware tools or large bladed motor saws with lasers, and they work because A. if the laser is stationary, then the line is guarenteed to be straight and the saw just has to align with the laser beam; or B. The blade is too large to actually deviate once it has entered the material at a specific angle. But on an implement like a pair of scissors? and remember also that even on jigsaws, the thing is that the blade movement is non-relient on the hand, where as scissors rely on the movement of your hand to produce its cutting force. Therefore that laser beam will MOVE while you are moving your fingers up and down and the beam will never be straight and is therefore redundant.

POT CLIP.
This is a clip that you attach to the side of a pot while you are cooking on the stove. The idea is that the clip is used to hold a spoon to that you have a place to put it when you are not stirring it. Basically this is for a remarkably lazy person who couldn't be bothered using a saucer or something like that to place the spoon down. So why do I say it is a STUPID idea? Because with a clip on the side of the pot, you CAN'T close the lid. So you have to remove the clip to place the lid on the pot. Now unless you intend to boil your soup or sauce or whatever into a dry cake of muck, you need a lid on it while it boils. Which means that you will still need a place for the spoon while u have the lid on... ie. saucer or something... so why have a clip? the only time this can potentially come in handy is when you are simmering something... but what good does a clip do lol... Useless...

SONICE KEY FINDER.
Just by the name, the first thing that comes in mind is WTH... basically, what this thing is, is a key chain attachment. Basically it has a mic and a speaker and a light. What's it good for? well, when you can't find you keys, you WHISTLE... and if the keychain is close then it will pick up your whistle and it will beep and the light will flash. However... what if you can't whistle? and thats not a silly question... alot of people can't whistle... and even if you could whistle, you would need to walk around to all the possible places you left your keys and continuously whistle. It's ok if your by yourself... but otherwise you look like an idiot. O and chances are, if you have some kind of barrier between the keys and yourself, it won't trigger, anything like keys inside bags or clothing, probably won't register. Another thing is, that keychain clearly does not have the AI needed to define a whistle and any other noise of similar frequency. so... either one, your watching some kind of sporting event on TV and everytime the whistle goes off, your keychain will go off. Or other high pitched noises like maybe instruments or anything will set it off. Inconsistent, silly stuff lol...

LASER PARKING SYSTEM.
This is just silly IMO. Basically what this thing is, is a ceiling sensor that goes on your garage roof. What it does is that when you rear your car into the garage, the sensor will detect your cars movement and shoot a beam of laser to where you want to park (obviously you have adjusted that point manually cos that think isn't military equipment). Thing is, a laser only shows up as a dot... and if you in a car in reverse, YOU CAN'T SEE THE GROUND. so how the heck can you see the beam? Ok, so some people might say, "well you can see it on the boot of your car", well depends on what car you drive, you can't see what is pointing away from you, so if your boot is slanted backwards then you won't be able to see. If you drive a hatchback, you can't see it, if you drive a wagon, you can't see it. If you drive a Van, you can't see it. If you drive a Ute... slim chance, but probably not. A novel idea, but in reality it's a useless contraption.

LED HAT LIGHT.
As the name suggests, it's a light that goes on a hat. So what's the problem with it? the problem with it is that it goes on the RIM of the hat. Basically its a clip with 5 LED lights on it. It works on baseball hats, because it has a solid rim. But what if the rim of the hat isn't solid? like those floppy rim hats? then your rim will basically drop and your lights will point to the floor. Ok, if you have a hat to clip it onto, then its a good hand's free alternative right? well... If you need a torch, then why do you need a hat? You need a torch when you don't have light, but you need a hat when the SUN is too bright. It's a mixture of conflicting usages. Sure, if at night and you need light, you can just find a hat and clip this on. But why don't you get a proper headlight with proper straps? they can fit OVER or go UNDER a hat if you must where one... and they can go on to things that a hat brim clip can't, like helmets. Another advantage that the headlights have over this hatlight is that headlights are strapped and buckled to your head, therefore it is hard to lose it no matter how hard you swing yourself around. Hats however come of easy, and even if the hat doesn't come off, the clip will. So just get a proper headlight... its so much more useful. So unless you CONSTANTLY wear a cap, I don't think this thing will hardly ever be useful.

While these are novel ideas... They are clearly less than practical... Each of them are something suited to extremely specific lifestyle and people... And definitely aren't successful commercial products. Figures why you would find it in some local, over the phone purchase catalog, cos no self-respecting and partially intelligent business man would ever mass produce something as crazy as these things and expect to make a profit and maintain the reputation of his brand.

Anyways, the end :P