ceramic remote

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beocool
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 09:04 GMT
#1822176

I have always liked B&O remotes. One of the reasons is that you don’t hold a piece of ugly plastic in your hands, but wonderfully crafted metal.

But that hasn’t stopped designer Yuta Watanabe. He has made a remote from ceramic. Yes, that’s correct: ceramic. You can find a picture of it here:

http://www.yutawatanabe.com/ceramicremote2.html

I quite like it, but it just seems far too fragile. Aluminium would have been a better option. I wonder what you think.

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brunetto77 (archived)
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 09:11 GMT
#1822177

I like the design but as you said I think it would be too fragile. I'd always be worried about dropping it or anyone get too close to it.

Do you know its price by any chance? 

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beocool
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 09:14 GMT
#1822178
I have no idea about the price. I just saw it on the net today.
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Mbee
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 13:51 GMT
#1822179

This remote is currently not for sale, it's a design concept.

And concerning the fragility of ceramic : it is what the designer wanted : he thinks that people take more care of a fragile item, and then never loose it!

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Medogsfat (archived)
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 14:36 GMT
#1822180

I like it!

Don't be fooled into thinking all ceramics are fragile - in fact they are amongst the strongest and most durable of all man made products.

Think of false teeth 😁 or the skirts that Lotus designed for their F1 Grand Prix cars in the 1980's (before they were banned)🙂

 

Chris.

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Jez (archived)
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 15:33 GMT
#1822181
If you take ceramic from a spark plug it's strong enough to shatter glass from a car windshield by simply tapping it on the glass. Don't think of your mum's china in the kitchen. Most industrial ceramic is super hard. Like the Channel watches.
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joynsyde (archived)
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 16:52 GMT
#1822182

Design-wise, I like it a lot.  It's refreshing in many ways: shape, color, ergonomics, texture.  In fact like a lot of the things on his website. 

Functionality-wise... who knows? What is it designed to control? What protocol and frequency does it use? I think mbee is correct; it's a design concept.

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Calvin
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 17:05 GMT
#1822183
I think it would look awesome in a black marbled colour; maybe with a thin aluminium band around the outside rim. Although I'd still rather a Beo5.

As for ceramics, I was reading a paper at work today about the aluminium industry trying to design ceramic electrodes. Think about hundreds of degrees of temperature shock loading and about 200,000 amps of elecrtical current before you start saying ceramics are delicate
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beoperson@
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 17:59 GMT
#1822184
I think it looks fresh and unusual. However I see major flaw in this particular design.
Problem is with the shape - it may feel good in your hand but round bottom will make impossible to use remote while laying on the table. Buttons located near sides of the remote will be impossible to press unless remote is held in the hand.
Unless it will use craddle/charger that will hold it in place.

oops...
I did not realize same is applicable to Beo5
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joynsyde (archived)
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Posted October 18, 2007 at 20:14 GMT
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