newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/fO3H5AI_7fI&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Watch Mary Kirby trying the Zero Gravity seat, a new aeroplane seat especially designed to increase your oxygen flow and circulation. It elevates your knee line over your heart line, achieving a larger angle between your pelvis and your back. More »
Tired of sitting on a train, packed in coach class like cattle off to be slaughtered? Design firm SeymourPowell has a solution with seats that can be reconfigured on the fly. Want privacy? Turn away. Want collaboration? Turn towards. [Wired]
These SkyRider aeroplane seats scare me. I mean, they’re built more like a saddle than a seat. Aeroplanes already aren’t comfortable – do we really need to push the limit? More »
Twenty-five odd years ago or so, I seem to remember my parents strapping me into their cars using duct tape, a plastic cell and a prayer. Today’s kids, with their Britax superseats, seem positively enveloped in comfort and safety. More »
There’s some contention over whether Littlehampton’s park bench is the longest in the world, but at 324m in length it’s most certainly the UK’s longest and can seat 300 weary passersby. More »
