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So when humidity rises, the chair goes flat again?
by tectec 4y ago
So when humidity rises, the chair goes flat again?
- ryukafalz 4y agoTypically when wood warps it doesn’t un-warp on its own when the humidity changes again so I would guess not. Although from TFA it looks like they’re investigating reversibility: > The team is also exploring whether the morphing process could be made reversible.
- doubled112 4y agoSo you water your chair and stuff it back into the case for portability? What a brave new world... Quick edit: I'm envisioning some solid prank material around the pool now
- carpenecopinum 4y agoConsidering that the water would add a significant amount of weight, a chair that works in reverse would be kind of interesting: Arrives as a flat, light piece and once you placed it in the room you need it, you sprinkle it with water to make it unfold. Might even help against back-issues for office workers as they'll have to interrupt their work to re-moisten their seats every so often.
- macinjosh 4y agomoist and seat are two words I never want in the same sentence.
- doubled112 4y agoI've never had a leather chair in the summer before and there are times I regret the decision.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoIMO, leather is a bug, not a feature. The ONLY advantage it has over cloth is that it's easier to clean. Leather is less comfortable, and in a chair, comfort is the top priority, followed by durability, which leather also loses to as it starts to crack and wrinkle over time.
- rbanffy 4y agoDepends on how much water. If it was designed to fold into a chair shape when exposed to normal room humidity, you'd remove it from the hermetically sealed bag and it'd spontaneously (over, I assume, many hours) fold itself into the intended shape.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago"normal room humidity" is extremely variable.
- rbanffy 4y agoThere is certainly a range that can be considered "normal" however broad.