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Nissan's self-parking chairs

65 points by tilt 11y ago

ommunist 11y ago
As creepy as hell. I'd rather not leave such a chair.
- SixSigma 11y ago
  What about : chair that takes you to the kitchen and brings you back ?
  - masklinn 11y ago
    So… a mobility scooter?
  - vital 11y ago
    ... and also vacuums the floor along the way ...
    - asendra 11y ago
      ... and has USB charging ports built-in (via Inductive charging with the floor?)
agumonkey 11y ago
Not long ago I saw this http://imgur.com/gallery/dVBj3#2 http://imgur.com/gallery/dVBj3#2 (2nd picture from the top). It felt quite zen. The article video is similarly zen. Self organizing furniture / space feels valuable ..
tonyedgecombe 11y ago
Just imagine the fun you could have hacking those.
- Errorcod3 11y ago
  IoT
  - dh997 11y ago
    All kidding about killer chairs aside, hacked self-parking chairs could potentially convoy over to a security door and pop it open, leading to a real robbery or industial espionage, or any number of other funny or embarrassing scenarios.
skorecky 11y ago
What if you're in the chair? "Get back to work!" claps
- Errorcod3 11y ago
  Amusing as it may be I thought of this as well, as I'm sure did the engineers. My guess is that if there is weight in the seat the chair will not move.
  - skorecky 11y ago
    Yeah, I would assumed that is the case as well :)
hkothari 11y ago
I'm just imagining what would happen after a wildly successful presentation from which much applause ensues.
doodpants 11y ago
I'd like to see a bunch of these chairs play a game of "musical table", around a series of tables of decreasing size.
- n0us 11y ago
  This sounds like an idea for a startup
  - CPLX 11y ago
    As well as the plot of the Hunger Games.
lbenes 11y ago
I wonder if this is just a PR stunt for advertising or if they actually use them. Two issue that come to mind is do they automatically go to charging stations at night and do they work on all surfaces?
yitchelle 11y ago
Self returning super market trolleys! This technology could be used for those pesky shopping trolleys that left in various part of car parks.

65 points by tilt 11y ago

ommunist 11y ago

As creepy as hell. I'd rather not leave such a chair.

SixSigma 11y ago
What about : chair that takes you to the kitchen and brings you back ?
- masklinn 11y ago
  So… a mobility scooter?
- vital 11y ago
  ... and also vacuums the floor along the way ...
  - asendra 11y ago
    ... and has USB charging ports built-in (via Inductive charging with the floor?)

agumonkey 11y ago

Not long ago I saw this http://imgur.com/gallery/dVBj3#2 http://imgur.com/gallery/dVBj3#2 (2nd picture from the top). It felt quite zen. The article video is similarly zen. Self organizing furniture / space feels valuable ..

tonyedgecombe 11y ago

Just imagine the fun you could have hacking those.

Errorcod3 11y ago
IoT
- dh997 11y ago
  All kidding about killer chairs aside, hacked self-parking chairs could potentially convoy over to a security door and pop it open, leading to a real robbery or industial espionage, or any number of other funny or embarrassing scenarios.

skorecky 11y ago

What if you're in the chair? "Get back to work!" claps

Errorcod3 11y ago
Amusing as it may be I thought of this as well, as I'm sure did the engineers. My guess is that if there is weight in the seat the chair will not move.
- skorecky 11y ago
  Yeah, I would assumed that is the case as well :)

hkothari 11y ago

I'm just imagining what would happen after a wildly successful presentation from which much applause ensues.

doodpants 11y ago

I'd like to see a bunch of these chairs play a game of "musical table", around a series of tables of decreasing size.

n0us 11y ago
This sounds like an idea for a startup
- CPLX 11y ago
  As well as the plot of the Hunger Games.

lbenes 11y ago

I wonder if this is just a PR stunt for advertising or if they actually use them. Two issue that come to mind is do they automatically go to charging stations at night and do they work on all surfaces?

yitchelle 11y ago

Self returning super market trolleys! This technology could be used for those pesky shopping trolleys that left in various part of car parks.