h a l f b a k e r yExpensive, difficult, slightly dangerous, not particularly effective... I'm on a roll.
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Gyroscopic devices located in the lower (shoes), mid (belt) and upper (tie tack, glasses) portions of the body are used to detect an impending fall. These devices notify your wallet which, using the combined processing power of the smartcards therein, causes strategically located retrorockets (in cufflinks,
belt, etc) to fire - returning the subject to an upright position.
(09/20/01: Corrected spelling. Thanks [Jim]!)
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I have to admit I like the idea of you wallet providing computing power by being an array of smart cards. |
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<sp>clumsy</sp>
This could go in Product:Countermeasure, surely?
[phoenix] Delete this annotation once you've read it. |
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Perhaps this could help people escape high-rises (a favorite topic of mine of late) |
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This brings new light to the dancing Tinman from Wizard of Oz. |
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To be honest, I like this idea because I want to see someone trip, start to fall, then - (whirrrrr) - pop back up again. It's really all about that whiring sound while the person pops back up. I don't know why. |
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I considered fishboning this because I like to see people fall, but then I read phoenix's last annotation and chuckled. Way to save your idea! |
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how would you know when the person was falling or bending over... imagine people trying to bend down to pick up a coin or pat a cat and then getting re-erected by those darn retro rockets |
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the smart cards would need to know where your centre of gravity was. |
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so if you had position sensors on your body and the smart card was calibrated to your stature and knew how to calculate your centre of gravity... |
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... then you pick up a heavy box and lean back into it to stop from keeling over forwards. The retro rockets kick and try to push you forwards and before you know it you're stuck up against a box against the wall until they run out of fuel? |
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hmm, maybe it could just detect when your foot tilts too forward. |
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I love it when I'm compelled to bun a post just from reading the Title. Even more when the text lives up to it. [+] |
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