On Jan 11, 2008 7:28 AM, Murli Nagasundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am convinced that the Nano as it exists could not have been designed > in either Japan or the US (or any G-8 nation, for that matter). > Whether that is a positive or a negative, I don't know yet, but I > believe it is important design factor to keep in mind. > Hi Murli, Thanks for the link to the interview article. I've been pretty fascinated by the Nano rollout. Your statement reminds me of something I read (sorry can't remember the source) about the design of a writing instrument for the US space program. The astronauts needed to be able to write in zero gravity, upside down, in a vacuum, while Martians were attacking, etc. A large program was established; some many hours and millions of dollars later the Fisher Space Pen emerged to great praise. The Russian space program, constrained by budget, gave their astronauts pencils. Michael Micheletti ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
