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In-Bed Emergency Protection from Phone-on-Face Drops
- jethronethro 2y agoOr just save yourself some time, money, and effort and not bring your phone into bed with you.
- blueflow 2y agoNodding off the use of smartphones in bed seems like co-dependency to me. We need more "this should not be okay" people here.
- plank 2y agoWell, I guess those options are all for the 'lesser' designers out there (yes, I read the article, that states a solution in which the phone is held by something else then an arm). The main problem I see with the approach of the designer in this case is that when the phone is held closer to the face (i.e. when one does not need reading glasses), the 'shield' needs to drop quicker, which gives me shivers. (Yes, association with a Guillotine)
- hagbard_c 2y agoAh, but where's the fun in that? While I agree on not taking that infernal device to bed I wholly disagree on the 'saving time/money/effort' part. I see this a bit like the way I treated games on the early home computers (C-64 in my case) on which I spent many hours trying to take them apart so as to rig the deck in my favour. Once I got them to render myself invincible - endless lives, invulnerable, maximum strength, etc - I did not spend much time in playing them since that is not where I got my motivation. It was the journey which motivated me, not the destination. I've designed and built devices to help me perform tasks which I could have done in as much time as it took me to design and build the utensils but again, where's the fun in that?
- preisschild 2y agoWhy not just lay on your side, so you dont have to old your phone up in the first place? :D
- cma 2y agoGooseneck phone/tablet mount is the best solution.
- actionfromafar 2y agoLaptop-on-face drops (tilts?) can hurt a lot.
- burnt-resistor 2y agoAye. Laptops need hydraulic-powered outriggers, I swear.
- burnt-resistor 2y agoThis is some seriously-technical Chindōgu.
- ipsum2 2y agoOriginal: https://www.seevua.com/invention/s-0023 https://www.seevua.com/invention/s-0023 (in Japanese, browser translation does a good job)
- Elfener 2y agoJust sit up if you want to use your phone in bed?
- freehorse 2y agoThat defeats the point of, well, being in bed.
- LeoPanthera 2y agoI am reminded of the feature that Powerbooks used to have when they still had spinning rust disks, which was to emergency-park the disk heads if they ever detected zero-G which meant they were falling.
- shreddit 2y agoThat's why Apple products never made it to the ISS
- Theodores 2y agoI was thinking of the ISS too... We were promised flying cars and I am sure Elon Musk was promising cheap, affordable space flight. I thought the article proposed an overly elaborate solution and that you could just sleep under some type of mesh that was able to dim the light from the phone and be seen through. But really the best way to solve the problem is to sleep on the ISS in 'zero gravity', commuting there on a daily basis.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoCan’t remember which show it was, where prisoners are kept in helmets that look almost exactly like that.
- blitzar 2y agoFoundation (2021)
- LeoPanthera 2y agoMy word there's a lot of phone-shaming going on in these comments. Apart from the fact that this is a joke product, you guys should consider letting people use their phones in bed if they damn well want to. It's not your problem.
- jamaicanindian 2y ago[dead]
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoLet the crack addicts enjoy thing, stop shaming the equipment supply industry..
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoMeth cooking and facebook crooking is not a crime! The masses have voted, its okay..
- result2vino 2y agoYou wouldn’t need the faulty analogy if it were that simple.
- robertlagrant 2y agoNo one here is in a position to not let people use their phones in bed.
- blueflow 2y agoThis is the right answer for a individualistic society, and i used to have that opinion. But everyone insured has a financial incentive to prevent other insured people with the same insurance from doing risky stuff. Other peoples behaviors in sum determine whether my premium will go up. Screens in bed fuck up your sleep cycle. Don't do that, please.
- tonyedgecombe 2y ago>Screens in bed fuck up your sleep cycle. Not mine. I can barely look at it for more than five minutes before I fall asleep anyway.
- blitzar 2y agoDoesnt the in bed phone holder mitigate this problem?
- zelos 2y agoI know it's a joke, but I wonder if there's a market for a smaller version for mechanics working under cars? If the movies are to be believed, most car repair work requires lying under the car.
- ndileas 2y agoI don't think this would be a successful product in that space. Professional and many dedicated amateur mechanics have lifts, they're not lying on their backs. Even if they were, space is at a premium and this is a really fun and goofy solution in search of a problem.
- jowea 2y agoAny of you use your phone in bed while laying on your back and with arms raised? If so, WHY? Don't your arms get tired?
- knifie_spoonie 2y agoNope. I lift, bro.
- Traubenfuchs 2y agoAll the time and I injured my eye from a drop once.
- elashri 2y agoThis was my thought too. If I do that I usually have to get on on my side and back my hands by a pillow or something.
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- aaron695 2y agoAfter watching Jim Jefferies "Legit" (Great show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2400391/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2400391/) him losing his (2013) non-waterproof phone in the toilet because he drops it masturbating in the shower while holding it outside, people use phones in ways I would not expect. Face drops are also a thing I didn't know about. The world is an amazing place.
- aa-jv 2y agoI sure wish we'd get iPhones with laser projectors as an option. The comfort such an accessory would provide is superlative.
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- OutOfHere 2y agoKeep the phone above the chest, not above the face.
- satisfice 2y agoWhere’s my peril-sensitive sunglasses?