Arphid Watch: Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating
(((Okay, it's just conceptual – even a Roomba can't navigate that snappily – but what a cute design treatment and what a nice soundtrack on that video.)))
(((Oh, and don't allow these chairs in the emergency room, and give that they're Dutch, be sure they haven't been hacked for RFID identity theft.)))
"Dutch designer Jelte van Geest's RFID-enabled robotic chair is for Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven, and it's fantastic. What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library card in front of the chair's sensor, which then follows you (or your card) around the library so you always have somewhere to sit. Once you cross a line near the checkout counter, the chair returns back to its docking station to re-juice and get ready for the next guy's ass. The video after the jump illustrates how it works. [Momeld via Technabob via DVICE (((Did you ever notice how gizmo sites have the longest link-chains in the world?)))]"
