eCoupled is known for their inductive-charging solutions, where you can just plop your phone down on a table and it will immediately start topping off its battery. But in recent years at CES they’ve been coming up with slick demos showing alternative ways the technology can be used.
The electronics that make the inductive charging possible are now so simple that they can actually be printed on flexible materials like paper. So this year they mocked up a fake version of Entertainment Weekly with Daniel Radcliffe on the cover, staring at you with glowing blinking eyes.
The idea is to obviously grab the consumer’s attention as they pass a magazine rack, but maybe they can turn the creepy down about 50 per cent? Because there’s no way I’d want this possessed periodical sitting on my coffee table. [eCoupled]
Gray
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12:13 PMThis needs to be in People\Picture. now.
Might even spice up the ‘home girls’ a notch
Jester
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12:17 PMVery clever idea for a demo what with the whole moving newspapers from the Harry Potter series. Thumbs up to eCoupled marketing!
NateC
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 3:18 PMI wouldn’t have it on my table even if it didn’t have glowing eyes.
alex effing
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:18 PMYou don’t even have a table…
WhiteDaemon666
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:38 PMNo-one noticed the fact that these eyes are blue? Harry is described as having emerald eyes on many occasions.
/pedantsigningout/