Walking around alone with a selfie stick is sad. It’s basically proof that you either don’t have a friend to take your photo, or that you’re too embarrassed to ask a stranger to do it. But the Selfie Arm — a fake human arm — takes things to a whole new level.
The Selfie Arm, created by artists Aric Snee and Justin Crowe, is different from a regular selfie stick because it is designed to be in the photo to give the impression that you’re holding arms with someone. [shudder]
The zombie-like, gray hue of the fake arm in your images will likely just make them very scary. This may be good if you are looking to pump out a few horror flick story boards.
The artists are well aware of the Selfie Arm’s inhuman qualities. It is only a prototype, and, as Design Boom notes, a “sarcastic” commentary on our need to constantly show the internet that we exist. Although the internet could care less…
The Selfie Arm is just a prototype at this point. Not sure it should go beyond that point.
Even if the Selfie Arm were a real product, you’d be able to carry it to an ever-shrinking number of places, as selfie sticks (which we assume includes fake arms as well) have recently been banned in Wimbledon, Australian galleries and the Kentucky Derby, among other spots.
Source: Mashable Tech, Stan Schroeder
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