{"id":16116,"date":"2014-08-31T01:03:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T00:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=16116"},"modified":"2022-11-20T00:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T00:37:55","slug":"april-1st-robotic-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=16116","title":{"rendered":"April 1st: Robotic Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FujiApril Fools\u2019 Day has come early this year. Fuji Xerox has apparently created a printer<\/a> that can…<\/p>\n

…move around a lounge or office to bring documents to the person who printed them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It has to be absolutely the most pointless invention ever. Even when you consider that it is intended to improve security by going to the person printing the document, it still ranks as the most guaranteed failure ever. Fortunately, it is confined to Japan. I\u2019d be surprised that even the Japanese take to it, but it has no chance anywhere else.\"Homer's<\/p>\n

It reminded me of an episode of The Simpsons (back when The Simpsons was actually<\/strong> funny, and not now, where people just pretend it is), where Homer invents an electric hammer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just trying to imagine someone taking such a device on to the Dragons\u2019 Den to try and get funding. They\u2019d be laughed out of the room. One of the dragons recently complained that people invent things just for the sake of inventing them. This is right up there.<\/p>\n