Department of Innovation

Notice any problems with this logo?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2011/07/welcome-to-the-department-of-innovation/

 

Them thar gears won't turn.

 

The two smaller ones aren't touching, it will turn.

 

Actually they will as long a the two small ones don't touch... Cutting clearances kind of close though...

 

I dunno... It looks kind of innovative to me...

 

BMW transmission gears...clunk!

 

The space or distance between the gear teeth is too much. Gears won't continue to turn...Just like Dits said

 

I think everyone's missed the point. It's innovation, if it looked like it would work, it wouldn't be very innovative now would it?

 

I have seen this several times on the web now, and some of the images the three are locked together, others they are not. Seems the ones on the actual site are NOT locked together, but with that said as Trev just said, the gear teeth will inevitably slip, if not jam, due to crap spacing

 

Also, I'd like to point out that in the logo anyway, if the two smaller gears are the driven gears, and are timed correctly, it will not only not jam up, but will significantly reduce trailing, and leading edge face wear.