Tony Fadell Research Paper

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Tony Fadell: The first secret of design is … noticing is about us human beings, getting used to the way things are really fast. This is called Habitation. As human beings, we only have so much brain capacity so our brain encodes everyday things as habits. Now habituation isn't all ways bad like if you're driving. If you didn’t get used to the signs, the music, and the people talking. You wouldn't want to drive and if you did there would probably be a lot more car accidents. Sometimes Habitation isn’t always good either. Sure without Habitation you will notice small details and would probably be tiring. If you don’t notice those small problems then how can you fix them. Cause an invention is just an answer to a problem. Take the camera, for

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