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Gadget Geeks of London 
Melinda Seckington 
MissGeeky.com 
@mseckington
Gadgets?
Origins of the word “gadget”
Gaget, Gauthier & Cie
Placeholder name
gachette or gagee
What defines a gadget?
Useful?
Useful? YES
Useful? YES
Useful? NO
Useful
Useful 
Useless?
Useless? NO
Useless? NO
Useful 
Useless
Useful 
Useless 
A Device?
“a thing made or adapted for a particular 
purpose, especially a piece of 
mechanical or electronic equipment”
∀x(Gadget(x)⇒Device(x)) 
¬∀x(Device(x)⇒Gadget(x))
What distinguishes a gadget 
from a device?
Useful 
Useless 
A Device ✓
Useful 
Useless 
A Device ✓ 
Portable?
Portable? YES
Portable? YES
Portable? YES
Portable? YES
Portable? Sort of...
Useful 
Useless 
A Device ✓ 
Portable?
Consoles 
Hifi sets 
PCs 
TV 
Dishwasher 
Fridge
Useful 
Useless 
A Device ✓ 
Portable? 
Novel?
Consoles 
Stereos 
PCs 
TV 
Dishwasher 
Fridge
Novel? ...
Novel? ...
Depends on the generation
Useful 
Useless 
A Device ✓ 
Portable? 
Novel ✓
Useful 
Useless 
A Device ✓ 
Portable? 
Novel ✓ 
Awesome
Gadget: 
“an awesome novel, most 
often portable, device, that 
may or may not be useful”
Flickr Attribution 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23912576@N05/3010067161/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/efleming/115023236/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boliston/3927163944/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackarus/4289960218/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisadragon/4278603209/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/painted_fences/2327975270/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17258892@N05/2588347668/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wanderlinse/4380253900/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20179579@N00/541924467/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrravelor/314306023/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/5081167157/

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