Design Study: Claw Machine
The other day while I was waiting for some folks to arrive for dinner, I took a look at the claw machine the restaurant had set up in the entry way to extract a little more revenue from parents. For the most part it was unremarkable, but one feature did stand out to me. I noticed what appeared to be a completely redundant feature. I did my best to capture it with pictures, but it's difficult to see because the parts involved are transparent by nature. The area of the machine where the prizes a … (Continued)