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The Internet of things is starting to look like 'Sky Mall'. Time will show if the concept gains traction with the majority of people. At this point I don't see
by Nickersf 11y ago
The Internet of things is starting to look like 'Sky Mall'. Time will show if the concept gains traction with the majority of people. At this point I don't see the single mom working in food service for minimum wage buying her children electric onesies.
We should be working on improving existing technologies. Not dreaming up a million more that all inherit the same flaws as the ones we already deal with.
- Animats 11y agoYes. And "Sky Mall" went bankrupt in January 2015.[1] [1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-flight-catalog-skymall-files-for-bankruptcy-1422025308 http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-flight-catalog-skymall-files-...
- Nickersf 11y agoOuch. Even as a kid I always wondered 'Who the hell shops out of these catalogs, and who came up with these products?' Sky Mall provided at least 30 minutes of trolling fun on a flight. :)
- ghaff 11y agoNote that most of the products/catalogs still exist. Sky Mall was basically just a catalog of catalogs that basically picked some of the more out-there examples from a variety of companies in the Brookstone/Hammacher Schlemmer/etc. vein. I've actually occasionally found useful products from these companies but they're mostly just oddball stuff that's somewhat amusing but not very practical.