In 101 Ways to Humanize Technology, the ManosBuckius duo interact physically with technological devices by using them to perform unconventional, bizarre and highly non-productive tasks. The work proposes that everyday technologies might be reinterpreted

in absurd, playful, and strange ways, and that the nature of productivity and function be re-examined. ManosBuckius says: ‘The dynamic is hardly one-sided, however: the objects often indicate the nature and rhythm of our movement and inspire mischievous, albeit highly serious, responses from us.'