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Smart, but I wonder how robust it is. With a sliding mechanism that small that's going to be constantly barraged with fumbling fingers, will it be able to stand
by jjcm 16y ago
Smart, but I wonder how robust it is. With a sliding mechanism that small that's going to be constantly barraged with fumbling fingers, will it be able to stand the test of time? Something tells me it'll go the way of floppy disks - accidentally mangled springs, which will make the user have to toss it and get a new one. The major difference being that USB cables don't come in packs of 10.
- Semiapies 16y agoIt has the lowest robustness possible: it's some student's design project and doesn't even physically exist. All the illustrations are renders or bad composites.
- jjcm 16y agoI'm aware, but that doesn't mean I can't question the robustness of the (hypothetical) final interface. If a man looks at a blueprint and asks, "will it work?" he's not asking if the ink on paper has structural integrity - he's asking about the final product.
- Semiapies 16y agoThis isn't even a blueprint, though. It's a concept piece. You can make vague judgments about it, but the truth is that people here wondering whether this would be practical is probably the closest to actual engineering that this design has gone. I wouldn't worry much about robustness - it's not certain that this would even work in the first place.