The Handshake

Type: tree | Origin: Pincher of Power | Extends: Strap On
MODIFICATIONS
Bluetooth
Scanner Laser
Locking Compartment
Beautiful Assumption Engine
COMPONENTS (Strap On ROOTS)
Pincher Clasp
Uni-Adapter
Battery
PROBLEM

SOLUTION

The professional model. Clean lines, matte finish, single UNI adapter port. Does not look like it does anything. Does everything. Business card scanner optional but recommended. Worse than when two straight guys meet for the first time on Naked and Afraid.

components

A short-range wireless communication module for pairing and exchanging data between nearby devices without cables.

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A laser-based scanning module that reads barcodes, QR codes, and spatial distances. High-speed and accurate across a wide range of surfaces.

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A secure storage module with a locking mechanism. Keeps small items protected and organized within the tree assembly.

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intangibles

The Beautiful Assumption Engine is an intangible inference system that begins every evaluation, conversation, and creative judgment from the baseline assumption that things should be beautiful and works backward from there to determine why the current situation falls short. It does not ask whether something is beautiful. That question is already answered. It asks by how much, in which direction, and what specifically would need to change for the room to be correct. The engine is not a filter. It is a starting condition. Everything that enters the Beautiful Assumption Engine exits with a gap analysis between what it is and what it could be if someone with taste had been consulted earlier. The engine runs continuously and silently behind every expressed opinion, every withering pause before a response, and every look that communicates volumes without producing a single word. It is not cruel. It is thorough. The beautiful assumption is always extended in good faith. The assumption is simply very high.

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EXTENDS

A modular belt platform prototype.

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Inputs
Outputs
TREE
AVAILABLE INPUTS
AVAILABLE OUTPUTS
  • comp_bluetooth
Schema
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    "id": "tree_belt_handshake",
    "name": "The Handshake",
    "type": "tree",
    "inputs": [],
    "outputs": [],
    "passthru": [],
    "children": [
        "comp_bluetooth",
        "comp_scanner_laser",
        "comp_locking_compartment",
        "intangible_beautiful_assumption_engine"
    ],
    "extends": {
        "id": "tree_belt",
        "name": "Strap On",
        "type": "tree",
        "inputs": [],
        "outputs": [],
        "passthru": [],
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            {
                "id": "comp_pincher_clasp",
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                "outputs": [],
                "passthru": [],
                "children": [],
                "tree": [],
                "extends": null,
                "description": "The central locking mechanism of the Pinchers of Power system. A spring-loaded dual-jaw clasp that secures the belt, anchors all attachments, and provides the structural backbone for whatever the user decides to bolt onto it. Rated for loads that no reasonable person would put on a belt buckle. Tested for loads that unreasonable people definitely will."
            },
            {
                "id": "comp_uni_adapter",
                "name": "Uni-Adapter",
                "type": "component",
                "inputs": [],
                "outputs": [],
                "passthru": [],
                "children": [],
                "tree": [],
                "extends": null,
                "problem": "Every installation is different.",
                "description": "The Uni-Adapter converts anything to anything in any size, shape, scope or situation. Every integration is different. Until now."
            },
            {
                "id": "comp_battery",
                "name": "Battery",
                "type": "component",
                "inputs": [
                    "comp_charge"
                ],
                "outputs": [
                    "comp_charge"
                ],
                "passthru": [],
                "children": [],
                "tree": [],
                "extends": null
            }
        ],
        "tree": [
            {
                "id": "comp_pincher_clasp",
                "name": "Pincher Clasp",
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                "outputs": [],
                "passthru": [],
                "children": [],
                "tree": [],
                "extends": null,
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            },
            {
                "id": "comp_uni_adapter",
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                "outputs": [],
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                "children": [],
                "tree": [],
                "extends": null,
                "problem": "Every installation is different.",
                "description": "The Uni-Adapter converts anything to anything in any size, shape, scope or situation. Every integration is different. Until now."
            },
            {
                "id": "comp_battery",
                "name": "Battery",
                "type": "component",
                "inputs": [
                    "comp_charge"
                ],
                "outputs": [
                    "comp_charge"
                ],
                "passthru": [],
                "children": [],
                "tree": [],
                "extends": null
            }
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        "extends": null,
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                "type": "forest",
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                "outputs": [],
                "passthru": [],
                "children": [
                    "tree_belt",
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                    "tree_belt_handshake",
                    "tree_the_disco_inferno",
                    "tree_the_commuter",
                    "tree_the_first_responder",
                    "tree_the_survivalist"
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                "tree": [],
                "extends": null,
                "belongs_to": [
                    "ecosystem_clothing"
                ],
                "problem": "Belt buckles are not useful enough.",
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            }
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        }
    ],
    "description": "The professional model. Clean lines, matte finish, single UNI adapter port. Does not look like it does anything. Does everything. Business card scanner optional but recommended. Worse than when two straight guys meet for the first time on Naked and Afraid.",
    "template": "tree"
}

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