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The Future Of Aeroplane Seats Is Hurting My Arse Already
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | We knew that cheap airlines cut as many costs as possible while increasing passenger density. The clever clusterf–k you are seeing here—a plane with staggered side seats—may be the future of flying, only one step below standing up. More »
Vehicles
6:00AM Jack Loftus | The rider undoubtedly has the best, straightest posture in the whole biker gang. Plus, it really hugs the body close on those tight corners. Next project: Motorcycle stadium seating. [There I Fixed It] More »
DIY Motorcycle Seat Grants Great Posture At The Expense Of Dignity
6:00AM Jack Loftus | The rider undoubtedly has the best, straightest posture in the whole biker gang. Plus, it really hugs the body close on those tight corners. Next project: Motorcycle stadium seating. [There I Fixed It] More »
Design
2:00PM Nick Broughall | If you ever find yourself flying cattle class in the Qantas A380 over to Los Angeles, at least you can take solace in the fact that the economy seat you’re sitting in won an International Design Award. More »
Qantas Economy Seat Wins International Design Award
2:00PM Nick Broughall | If you ever find yourself flying cattle class in the Qantas A380 over to Los Angeles, at least you can take solace in the fact that the economy seat you’re sitting in won an International Design Award. More »
Design
Extreme Ergonomic Seating for ‘Him’ and ‘Her’ (NSFW)
11:00AM Mark Wilson | To most of us, comfort is sitting on a soft cushion.To others, comfort is sitting on a sheet of molded plastic that rides up one’s butt crack. More »
Vehicles
Clothes Iron Bike Seat Warms Your Cheeks
2:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | If you’ve ever wanted to sit on a hard, flat, unyielding piece of metal while biking but your butt gets cold easily, we’ve got a solution for your ridiculous problem. More »
Design
Park Bench-Sized Ghetto Blaster Plays Music Via Bluetooth
1:17PM Jesus Diaz | At last you can avoid the hassle of taking your Lasonic Ghetto Blaster every single time you go to the park: Now the park will have boom boxes the size of a park bench, with more than 500 watts of high quality ghetto thump. You only need a mobile phone with Bluetooth audio support, and the Boom Bench will be yours to annoy every single person 10km around you. More »
Gadgets
Wing Man Baby Seat: Carbon Fibre Gets Knocked Up
3:00AM Mark Wilson | For anyone with a child, that bond you feel with your offspring is the most powerful in nature. And your protective instincts demand the absolute best in child safety, like this $US4,000 Wing Man baby seat prototype. It’s constructed of strong, lightweight carbon fibre—the same material used in performance cars and aeroplanes across the world—that should keep your little bundle of joy stylish and nearly invincible. But just so your know, dear parent, all of us without a child think that you’re freaking nuts for reading this many words on a $US4,000 baby seat. [carbonfibergear via Jalopnik]
Design
Iconic Ovalia Egg Chair Reissued With Tech Upgrades
6:40AM Mark Wilson | You may not know it by name, but the classic Ovalia Egg Chair probably streamed into your consciousness via the background of some MTV hipster video or the seating at a really, really cool grandma’s house. (Actually, we’re sure that you spotted an Ovalia chair in the shot after the jump, at minimum.) Now the Ovalia Egg Chair is getting reissued with the support of JBL. More »
Design
Frellstedt Light-Up Bench: Illumination For Bums
4:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Kind of the inverse of the psychedelic LED effects we showed you earlier, this relaxing Light Bench is maker Frellstedt’s idea of the future of seating. You know, the future where even garden furniture uses up electricity and contributes to global warming. Okay, it’s stuffed with LEDs, so it only consumes 95W, but you know what I’m saying. With its shifting, selectable colour patterns, it’s way too nice to end up in all but the best municipal parks, where it’d just keep tramps awake in the wee small hours. Ed. note: In case you didn’t get it, “bum” is a double entendre. [Trendir] galleryPost('lightbench', 3, ''); More »
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