Following video is a truck driver in Taiwan unloading a big pile of bamboo. I guess modern day truck manufacturers and designers should keep this use case in mind.
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Zack says
haha, even as a taiwanese born Chinese, i can find the funny in that.
YinYang says
Pretty creative. This made me think of another parallel.
Often we hear that factories in China do low end work. In one sense, sure. The developed countries have the luxury to work on the design. However, there is absolutely innovation going on in the factory: process innovation, cheaper and more efficient usage of materials, and even reliability.
So, while the glitz goes to the designers, the less skilled laborers certainly have plenty of room for their ingenuity as well.