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Mic Wright
Reporter, TNWMic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy. Mic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy.
Madrid-based design agency Monobo created this robot finger – Random User – which drives around the desk, incessantly tapping a vintage mouse and mindlessly browsing the Web.
It could be a comment on our screen-infected lives or just really, really dumb. The designers claim it’s “a special user that ignores UX strategies…” but I can relate, little plastic finger. I too feel that listless sometimes.*
➤ Random User [Monobo via BoingBoing/Bruce Sterling]
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*All the time.
