Gadget Geeks of LondonMelinda Seckington MissGeeky.com @mseckington

Gadgets?

Origins of the word “gadget”

Gaget, Gauthier & Cie

Placeholder name

gachette or gagee

What defines a gadget?

Useful?

Useful? YES

Useful? YES

Useful? NO

Useful

UsefulUseless?

Useless? NO

Useless? NO

UsefulUseless

UsefulUseless

A Device?

UsefulUseless

“a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of

mechanical or electronic equipment”

∀x(Gadget(x)⇒Device(x)) ¬∀x(Device(x)⇒Gadget(x))

What distinguishes a gadget from a device?

UsefulUseless

A Device ✓

UsefulUseless

UsefulUseless

A Device ✓Portable?

UsefulUseless

Portable? YES

Portable? YES

Portable? YES

Portable? YES

Portable? Sort of...

UsefulUseless

A Device ✓Portable?

UsefulUseless

ConsolesHifi sets

PCsTV

DishwasherFridge

UsefulUseless

A Device ✓Portable?

Novel?

UsefulUseless

ConsolesStereos

PCsTV

DishwasherFridge

Novel? ...

Novel? ...

Depends on the generation

UsefulUseless

A Device ✓Portable?Novel ✓

UsefulUseless

UsefulUseless

A Device ✓Portable?Novel ✓

Awesome

UsefulUseless

Gadget: “an awesome novel, most often portable, device, that may or may not be useful”

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