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Pro-Active Furniture Assembly

Posted by Hemos on from the no-don't-put-it-in-there dept.

Gudlyf writes "Stavros Antifakos, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, has designed "clever" furniture pieces with built-in microprocessors that could relieve the confusion, anger and frustration of putting them together. The idea includes a flat-pack furniture kit whose parts are fitted with cheap microprocessors that monitor what you are doing during assembly and will warn you if you are doing something wrong or dangerous."

2 of 267 comments (clear)

  1. Windows by numbski · · Score: 0, Troll

    This chair has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

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    Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).

  2. More interesting by Luke+Skyewalker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is the ramification this will have on furniture. Will that bookshelf be covered under the DMCA if the chips is programmed under a proprietary license?