I can hear this image.
I’m sad you didn’t go for “tape rule” as the title
DiWHY
Ah, yes, what a nice way to be sliced into a thousand pieces at once if you trip. Even more fun if they get knocked out of their retention mode.
Is there a rubbing alcohol dispenser that sprays from the adjacent room after you go through? In case the first set of blood-curdling screams aren’t loud enough.
Perfect for if you want to stick it to the man by spending most of your unnecessarily long workday manipulating the entrance to your office!
I bet if you put some automation behind it with a raspberry pi or something this would be pretty cool. Program some different doorways etc…
Thing is, it’s really not private enough to make a difference aside of looking and being cool to show to someone.
That sounds either expensive, or very unreliable. If you’re unlucky, both.
Ooh, that’s actually a pretty good idea. But it would require each “tape” to have its own motor, right?
There are ways to drive multiple things with a one or two motors but I’d question if it’d be worth the trouble.
Until a coworker hits the retract button, scaring the shit out of you as it rapidly retracts back into itself while making a racket.
