Today, Googling ideas on a “responsive mug” or “transforming mug”, etc – defined as: A mug for CSS geeks that changes, much like a website that changes for large & small devices.
If you’re wondering what this is… & to suggest hashtags… see https://brentonline.ca/2016/11/19/2-week-curiosity-quest/
First off, humaning can be better than googling. My good friend Warren suggested a mug that changes as it heats up – they really exist! He has a Tardis mug.
Heat-sensitive ink printing
So, jumping over to Alibaba and searching for transforming mug came up with transforming magic ceramic tea cups. They can be purchased with custom art. This isn’t a mug that changes size – but it’s
Transformers
On google found this cool thing – a cup of noodles transformer (as in the Robot!) – that’s pretty cool… can’t seem to buy it though… And that might take a fair bit of “engineering”.
Lightsaber…?
Although maybe something that telescopes up, kindof like a lightsaber:
Not sure how the visual or holding of liquid would work…
Pop-up books
Pop-up books are pretty cool. Not sure if they are helping much…:
Best Pop-Up Book spreads by Robert Sabuda
10 Pop-Up Books That Are Works of Art
A game of thrones pop-up book!
I’ve ordered this ABC3D pop-up book – just looks so cool & well, typography… (completely a business expense!)
That’s it for today – 1/2hr is up!
Tomorrow: Looking for experts
Brent
Some stuff learned/observed:
Love Parkinson’s law… started to see about getting an “affiliate link” to make money off of links to stuff like the Tardis mug… and realized, boy that’s a waste of time – doesn’t immediately contribute to the goal! And Warren already has one, so that leaves a possible target market of “4” if my counting is accurate).
Boy the auto-post to Facebook from WordPress.com kindof sucks… One day I’ll look into ifttt.com or manual posting… For now – not important enough, just a distraction.
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