{"id":224,"date":"2012-03-25T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=224"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:20:36","slug":"taps-11-the-ripples-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Taps 11: The Ripples tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, a tap I actually haven&#8217;t used, but it looks weird enough to think about the fun and toil moments with it. <\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;&#8230; On top of the frosted ripple<br \/>\nsurface sits a metal ball. An array of electromagnetic sensors detects<br \/>\nthat ball\u2019s position. Moving the ball in or out from the center controls<br \/>\n water pressure. Moving it around <\/em>[left hot &#8211; right cold]<em> controls temperature.<span id=\"more-1412\"><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <em>The<br \/>\n surface glows red or blue to denote how hot or cold it is. The two<br \/>\nseparate channels combine the hot and cold water to get the perfect mix&#8230; &quot; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2008\/02\/27\/water-ball-ripples\/\">Yanko Design &#8211; From beyond function, Water Ball Ripples, 27.2.2008 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no_float\" src=\"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ripple_faucet.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This tap is really nice looking, probably funny to play with and a piece of equipment to show to visitors. But it has some flaws (or disadvantages) as well, so I think not everyone would adopt it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the ball seems easy to lose (think of kids &#8230; ok and the rest of us) or drop down the drain (look at one on the photo)<\/li>\n<li>it would be hard to clean water stone from the water canals and also the canals where the ball moves<\/li>\n<li>handling it with wet (and soapy) hands would leave a mess (not to say this doesn&#8217;t happen with every tap, but with the regular tap pouring some water over it would do; with this one the water stays in the canals)<\/li>\n<li>it cannot fit on an ordinary sink<\/li>\n<li>not sure if mixing really works as with every tap without an aerator I used so far I had a feeling that water was scolding and freezing my hands at the same time (my own peculiarity)<\/li>\n<li>it needs electricity as well &#8211; so aside a plumber, fitting would need to be done also by an electrician<\/li>\n<li>it is probably more prone to faults as more complex parts are used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Designer: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smeece85\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith Newnam<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/touch360.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Touch360 Studio<\/a>&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, a tap I actually haven&#8217;t used, but it looks weird enough to think about the fun and toil moments with it. &quot;&#8230; On top of the frosted ripple surface sits a metal ball. An array of electromagnetic sensors detects that ball\u2019s position. Moving the ball in or out from the center controls water pressure.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-design","category-5-physical-interfaces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1420,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}