19 Cool Products That Are Almost Impossible to Use

Posted by Miss Cellania in Gadget, Home & Garden on January 8, 2009 at 1:24 pm



You’d think that making a product simpler would be a good thing, but sometimes minimalism goes too far. Cool Material has a list of beautiful minimalist products that are so simple they may be hard for a normal person to use! Pictured is the Nimbus Ultimate Wheel, which does away with the bicycle’s second wheel, gears, seat, and almost everything else! Link -Thanks, Tim!


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10 comments to "19 Cool Products That Are Almost Impossible to Use"

  1. Kevin
    January 8th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    The ultimate wheel isn't as "impossible" as the impossible wheel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_wheel

  2. sirwebster
    January 8th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    I hate to be a language Nazi, but 'Ultimate' mean last, not best! Gets right on my chuff that does.

  3. Paul in Boca
    January 8th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Sir, language Nazi?
    From the Merriam Webster on line dictionary:
    chuff
    Main Entry: 1 chuff
    Pronunciation: \?ch?f\
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English chuffe
    Date: 15th century

    Main Entry: 2 chuff
    Function: intransitive verb
    Etymology: imitative
    Date: 1914
    : to produce noisy exhaust or exhalations : proceed or operate with chuffs

    Main Entry: 3 chuff
    Function: noun
    Date: 1915
    : the sound of noisy exhaust or exhalations

    Gets on your exhalations?

  4. lindsay brothers studios
    January 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    wouldn't it be even MORE minimalist to just ... walk?

  5. Ashley
    January 8th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    @sirwebster

    In case you haven't realized, words have multiple definitions.

    Courtesy of your namesake, Merriam-Webster:

    Ultimate:
    1 a: most remote in space or time : farthest
    b: last in a progression or series : final
    c: eventual 2
    d: the best or most extreme of its kind : utmost

    2: arrived at as the last result 3
    a: basic , fundamental
    b: original 1 c: incapable of further analysis, division, or separation

    So uh... read that dictionary that currently resides in your rectum alongside a stick.

  6. ted
    January 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Wow. Two overly long comments to correct the language Nazi. Sounds like rectal sticks for everybody.

  7. Paul in Boca
    January 8th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    Ted,
    It's just those who think they know everything are aggravating to those of us who do! :-)

  8. twoeightnine
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    That's a horribly titled article. If most of them are almost impossible to use then I don't think the product is the cause of the problems.

  9. Nosher
    January 8th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    I was wondering how difficult this would be to ride.

    I found a few youtube videos of people trying to learn, falling over, wobbling about - just as one would expect, really. Then I found this:

    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=PBYQ9VbS_qc

  10. Nathan Miller
    January 9th, 2009 at 1:18 am

    I liked the keyboard and spine-saver best.

    Actually the spine-saver seems really useful! I might make one for myself...


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