Oct 30 2008 Oh My God, I'm Floating!: A Hover Chair

The Lounger is a $9,600 floating chair that will be on display at Britain's Stuff Live gadget show this weekend.

Inventor Keith Dixon, of Sussex-based Hoverit Ltd, said he was inspired as a child by the anti-gravity Landspeeder vehicles in the "Star Wars" films.

"The sensation you feel as you lie back and close your eyes is totally different -- like floating on a cloud," said a Stuff Live spokesman. Its 6,000 pound ($9,620) price tag may bring visitors back down to earth with a bump, however.

Floating on a cloud, huh? More like floating on a piece of hard molded plastic. Last time I felt like I was floating on a cloud I was getting my wisdom teeth pulled and high as Benjamin Franklin's kite on laughing gas. I jusht bit frew muh lip!

Rise above economic woes with the hover chair [reuters]

Thanks to Jack, who can hover without magnets. He's a magician!

Jan 10 2007 iPhone combines iPod, phone. other stuff

Apple is on an inventing spree or something, because they've also introduced the iPhone, which combines "a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching" into a little handheld device. it also uses a user interface based on a multi-touch display so you just push the screen instead of using buttons. Although if they wanted a truly revolutionary interface they should've just made the whole thing out of gummy bears.

Jan 10 2007 Apple TV puts stuff on your TV

Apple has introduced Apple TV which syncs with your computer so you can watch videos on your TV. There are already a ton of things out there that do the same thing, but this is the first from Apple. It costs a whopping $300, for something you can easily do with a TV out card and some cables, but whatever. The only way to prove you're cool is to keep everything in your house shiny and white.