Electric Kettles, Burned Fingers and the Riddle of Commoditised

July 18,2024

The modern electric kettle comes from an interesting 3000 year old history of kettle development. Now it’s a relatively safe and modern inexpensive kitchen appliance. That said, the process of commoditised design somehow causes the abandonment all the self-aware human-centred-design and testing that

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