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New products often require a period of adjustment. Think about how long it must have taken for folks to get comfortable with riding escalators.
Heely Injuries a Case of a Lack of Safety or Product Liability?
A recent report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission revealed that 64 injuries and one death were reported last year involving the Heely, which is a popular children's shoe containing a wheel on the bottom that can be used to roll around like a roller skate.It will be interesting to see if there are any more stories in the future about Heely injuries or whether this is just a matter of the need for better safety with the product.
Source: The Injury Blog
Despite the injury reports for this extremely creative product the idea of putting wheels on traditionally wheel-less products or devices is brilliant. It opens the door to mobility enhancements in products foolishly designed to be stationary or, at least, carried.
Here are just a few applications of the Heely concept:
* Pots, pans and kettles. With the new smooth range tops there is no reason to prevent these common kitchen implements from zipping from spot to spot on wheels.
* Gas station pumps. Why is it only the cars that get to move around?
* Vases. This would avoid all the heavy lifting.
* Toilets. For the men who want to shave while attending to nature's call this would be the answer.
* ATM's. They could go where the people go instead of just sitting in holes in the wall.
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