Physical products
by Andrew Smith on 30/03/06 at 9:32 pm
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Here’s an example of a product that has been made into a physical object in order to appeal to a certain group of people (probably quite a large group), that like the idea of a product they can hold in their hands. It’s called “Spam Cube“, and it’s a box that you plug in between your internet connection and your computers, and it blocks spam.
The identical thing is available in hundreds of formats as software programs, but obviously the Spam Cube makers realise that there’s a market for a “hands-on” version.
Andrew Smith is the pedantic systems guy behind Live Alchemy, a SA e-commerce company. Andrew writes for Ideate in an attempt to make the world a more efficient place. View more articles by Andrew Smith.
Fred
Mar 30th, 2006
You know that I love it.
Except that I would have made it in the shape of a can and called it ‘Spam Can’, or ‘Can-o-Spam’.