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Curate an exhibition of contemporary photographic
portraits where visitors to the gallery would become the
subjects of the pictures. Whenever a visitor stopped to
look at a portrait they would be photographed and their
picture would replace the image they were looking at as
soon as they moved away. Every viewer would then see

165adifferentanduniqueportrait,andbyviewing it,create
another.

Steve James
19 March 2001
Editor’s note:
An almost completely

unworkable and
patently flawed
concept for which we
can offer no excuse
whatsoever. Mary Slim
must have been

blinded by

166(Bluetooth)science.
Design a domestic toaster that can burn letters and
numerals onto slices of bread as they toast. Linked to the
Internet by Bluetooth, the Toastwriter could print news
headlines, football results or other such information. The
machine could also allow for SMS or email messages to be
sent by third parties. People separated from their loved
ones could send text messages to appear as a surprise on

We were also sent an their partner’s toast.

idea for a

Bluetoothbrush, which Mary Slim
was funnier but had 20 March 2001

no actual use

whatsoever.