Besides, OLED lamp also consumes comparatively low power, making it possible to be powered by little electricity generated by the rocking motion. The chair has advanced nano-dynamo technology built in to the skids that generates electricity for the lamp. OLED technology also allows the lamp to be easily bendable to suit different angles of your reading.

And of course, the OLED reading lamp can be turned off during the day time and the generated power will be stored into the internal battery, which can then power the lamp even you’re not rocking.

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The conceptual USB sofa is to have seven USB ports, allows you to plug in your laptop and you can then share data with other users who are also connected to the sofa. It seems like the initial idea of this USB sofa was to let users sit on the sofa to share data.

But with the advent of wireless connectivities such as Bluetooth and WiFi, the USB sofa will definitely be less practical compared to the mentioned wireless technologies. Perhaps, the USB sofa is better used to share USB devices, such as letting users sit on the sofa share USB display, speakers, keyboard etc.

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Texte-ile – a unique armchair that is made from recycled computer keyboards. The designer, Dante Bonuccelli and Lamm should have put lots of effort into sourcing all this big quantity of keyboards for making this armchair.

The major source of those many keyboards is Voice Systems, which they managed to contact through DAGAD. Voice Systems is a company that offers IT support to people with visual disabilities. As part of their support, they also provide a VOICEBox device that automatically reads the onscreen text. And this device integrates directly with a laptop, which has the keyboard removed. The discarded laptop keyboards were then used to build this Texte-ile armchair.

The Texte-ile chair was part of the UMUL 2009 project (Use More, Use Less), which emphasizes on re-use design and go-green ideas. Not too sure how it feels while lying on keys or keyboards. It may add a “unique” level of comfort. They are keyboards from the same model and dimensions, which should assert even pressure to the user’s body while lying on this armchair.

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The Sonic bed is equipped with high-quality stereo loudspeakers, and six subwoofers on its underside. The subwoofers generate extremely low frequencies that are said to be able to penetrate the human body, to provide the user with a deeply sensuous audio experience. With the Sonic bed, you’ll surely get good quality sleep.

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If you have a few of these lamps in your room, when someone opens the door and steps in, the first impression is you have an overly messy room with a few overturned buckets that have red blood paint spilling. Or you would be thought to have killed someone and filled those overturned buckets with blood.

The spilled blood or paint of the overturned bucket is actually the base or stand of the lamp. And they’ve been blended so well into it, which will deceive others when looking at it from afar. The Liquid Lamps have two color choices for the stand which are red or white.

These uniquely designed Liquid lamps are 12.5-inch in height, 11.5-inch wide and 8.2-inch depth. The red lamps carry a price tag of $262, whereas the white lamps are cheaper cost only $227.

Product Page: Liquid Lamp

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The LumiTable or Luminous Fiber Optics Table Runner, is made of a type of fiber optics fabric called Luminex with assorted cotton as the borders. This allows it to produce a colored light along the full length of the fibers, giving a stunning luminous effect.

The Luminous table cloth presents a soothing glow which shall be an alternative to be considered besides lighting up candle lights on your dining table. Just cover the table with these luminous table clothes, then it’ll bring a different type of romance. The table cloth can be purchased online from LumiGram which costs $200. Each piece measures 160 cm x 33 cm, washable and of course it needs power in order to light up.

Buy online, LumiGram, $200

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That is the lamp shown in the picture, in a shape of an elephant. It gives out soft glow to your living space, and some more it serves as an eye-candy. It maybe worth having one, to replace your dull boring lamp. It costs only $74 and available at PID store.

Buy online, PID Store, $74

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The chair is claimed inspired by “Star Wars”. It uses the powerful repulsive magnetic forces to float in the air. While you lie on this chair, close your eyes, it feels like you’re floating on a cloud. Unfortunately, the Lounger chair carries a price tag of $9,500, meaning that you must be rich enough to own this chair, so you get to feel the sensation of floating on a cloud.

The Stuff Live gadget show seems to be stuffed with lots of expensive gadgets. The hover chair is considered cheap compared to another star attraction – a pair of limited edition curvy metal loudspeakers that costs 70,000 pounds or USD $113,000. At this show, you’ll have to temporarily forget the financial worries that have been bothering you due to the recent economy crisis.

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Since the name of this product is related to sound, it must be inspired by it too. Yes, the Sound/Chair has been precisely engineered from a 3D waveform plot of a short audio clip.

Designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez started the design of this chair, by having a 3D plot of a short audio clip, based on the volume, time and frequency etc.

He then fed the 3D plot into a computer-controlled water-jet cutter, which led his way into cutting out this strange-shaped chair from a block of Polyethelene foam.

Plummer-Fernandez had even tried 719 different sounds before he managed to settle down with one that was suitable for a comfy chair with proper arm-rests. This Sound/Chair is made with limited quantities, which is now available at Selfridges UK for a whopping price tag of £3950 or about $7015 USD. Or it can be purchased directly by emailing the designer (matthew [at] plummerfernandez [dot] com)

Designer: Plummer-Fernandez

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But if you have become so much interested in these weird tables from outer space, you’d definitely be interested in the two new positions that have been added by the aliens. The two aliens now have posed in two new weird positions which they’ve got the funny titles so called “crouching position alien” and “emerging from alien egg alien”.

And again these alien tables are handcrafted from used car and bike parts and other recycled metals and tools. They all stand 32 inches high and is 27.5 inches in diameter and each piece costs $500. But it should be hard to get them to blend well with other furnitures and decors in your living room.

Buy online, promechracing, $500

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Losing a pen always happens to me no matter I’m in the house or in the office. That is a bad habit. Some more, I think I don’t have a prominent pen holder that is able to remind me always that I have to put my pen back to its holder.

If I had the Biro lamp, it could be a different story.This lamp comes with a lamp shade, which serves as a nice place for those pens to dangle on. If you leave the Biro Lamp close to your work space, you’ll always get reminded that you’ll need to put those pens back to its lamp shade, in order for it to look tidier with all pens dangling and aligned nicely as its extended lamp shade.

What a good idea that the Biro Lamp brings, which lets you save your pocket for buying new pen, whenever you’ve lost it. The Biro Lamp is the design by enPieza studio.

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The two alien tables shown here shall come from the same hands. Having these alien tables in your living space, will surely give you some trouble. Especially when you get up in the middle of the night, the scary looks of the aliens definitely freak you out. And you’ll then have to sleep with continuous nightmares.

The alien-shaped tables are made from recycled parts of used cars and old bikes. And with a mixture of other tools, recycled metal that make every piece of the aliens’ so unique. The prices of these aliens are not cheap at all, which you’ll have to pay from about $300 to $4,450 each. These alien pieces are definitely not easy to make. They shall deserve the price tags that they carry. But unfortunately, the overly scary looks will put off some people buying them. Especially those with kids, having these pieces in the house is simply no good, that will continuously bring nightmares to you and your family.

The alien tables can be purchased from Yesican.eu.

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Designers Thierry Nahon & Philippe Landecke have created these LunaBlocks, which are claimed to have transformed the Lego bricks into some larger pieces which allow kids to use in their building games. The LunaBlocks are simply cool, which many Lego fans will surely wanna own.

Stacking up some Lego bricks to build up your chair, sofa, dining table is a great idea. The simply helps you save lots of space in your overly tiny apartment. When you don’t need them, just simply dissemble the Lego bricks for easy storage.

The LunaBlocks come in different materials, which you get blocks made of glass, polypropolene, metal and also rubber. Each block costs between US$20 to $60. You can it online from a French website, Homology. A couple of colorful pieces are great to fill up your super tiny apartment with beautiful colors.

Buy online, Homology, $20-$60 per piece

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Now the smart designer Sung-kyu Nam has introduced a new TV concept that could let you watch TV while you’re lying down. The concept is the NapTV, which is an extraordinary fusion of TV and a chair.

While you feel like reading books, then you can use it as a chair sitting on it and read your books. While you feel like watching TV or time to take a nap, then just slide yourself under it to watch the screen and when your eye lids are getting heavier and heavier, you can simply close your eyes and fall into your dreamland.

The NapTV would be a good concept for those lazy butts. Kids will love this idea. But having to slide your body under it to watch the TV screen will have little negative effect to your eyes, which easily gets your eyes tired. But maybe that is the purpose of this NapTV, once your eyes get tired just close them for a nap.

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Here comes the TT Tetris Chairs that give you similar Tetris effect, saving lots of space for your tiny apartment. The TT chairs are being sold by Japanese retailer Rakuten and come in 6 different colors. And they’re flexible to let you position them in a variety of configurations to suit your needs.

These Tetris TT chairs could sound little pricey to some people. A piece of the TT chairs costs you as much as $235, which might not be affordable for those owing a little tiny apartment. If you insist that you want the Tetris effect of saving space and the Tetris fun that you could get out of it, then you’ll have no choice just to folk out that much to get at least a few pieces for your tiny apartment.

Buy online, Rakuten.JP, $235

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The dragon speakers are the design of UK studio Axelsson Design. The 2-way speakers are made from sturdy polyurethane plastic cabinets, and the mouth of each dragon is where the bass to be blasted instead of fire. Both the speakers, 1-inch tweeter and 4-inch woofer, are products of renown audio manufacturer, Peerless.

The speakers measure about 15.4-inches tall, and are available in gloss black, white or candy apple red finishes. Axelsson will customize for you if you have something else in mind. The dragon speakers are asking for $940 USD, which would sound too pricey. But, remember, it’s an auspicious dragon that could kill two birds!

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It’d be a plus, if the bench could come equipped with some blowers or dryers attached to its two legs to dry up the wet side that has been rotated downward.

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The smart carpet here will help reduce the chance of the elderly falling. It’s equipped with electronic sensors to sense once an elderly is about to fall and alert them with sound, so they could possibly cling on something to prevent falling.

The sensors are just printed on sheets in the smart carpet using flexible and inexpensive organic ink. These organic Ink sensors can be utilized in the thousands on a sheet layered between a room’s carpet and carpet pad. The data collected by the smart carpet can be sent to a computer for further analysis by caregiver. From that on, caregivers would be able to anticipate whether or not the elderly individual was in danger. The smart carpet will be available in two years’ time.

Hope the audible alert produced by the smart carpet not too vibrant. Or else, it’d probably give negative effect, such as making the seniors panicking which in a result they’ll fall more seriously or hit any object in the room.

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