Oct 30 2008Oh 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!
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Reader Comments
1. Edge - October 30, 2008 3:55 PM
first?
2. C-Basstian - October 30, 2008 3:58 PM
looks like something out of minority report... so those holes in the chair actually shoot you off of it like an air hocky table heh
3. mamadough - October 30, 2008 4:00 PM
when i had my wisdom teeth pulled, i wasn't floating on a cloud. i was puking blood and only conscious enough to go poop once a day for about a week. the last thing i remember before they put me under was that i was saying"i'm a platypus, BLAH BLAH." and "ow, doctor that IV f***ing hurts."
4. Gizmoduck - October 30, 2008 4:02 PM
WAT
band aids?
5. guate6 - October 30, 2008 4:08 PM
Wait, so this 'actually' hovers? or gives the sensation of hovering?
I hope it really hovers...soon...cars!!
6. Andrea - October 30, 2008 4:08 PM
Old...
Besides, is not a photoshop job! I'm actually a professional photo editor, and I've yet to see an explanation as to how the shadows are all wrong.
7. Daisy - October 30, 2008 4:11 PM
Fake!!!!
Thats an obvious photoshop job. You can tell because the shadows are all wrong.
It looks like the chair from Baja's pool in the movie Never Back Down.
8. C-Basstian - October 30, 2008 4:14 PM
f*** the hover chair... where is the hover board
9. Meaty Urologist - October 30, 2008 4:14 PM
I always knew it would take the furniture industry to lead the way for the automotive industry to invent flying cars.
10. Pat - October 30, 2008 4:17 PM
You're sure this a hover chair and not, say, a torture device?
11. Pat - October 30, 2008 4:18 PM
You're sure this a hover chair and not, say, a torture device?
12. Douchie Mc Bagman - October 30, 2008 4:33 PM
Not just Fake - SHIT
There are strong magnets in the base, and opposing magnets in the chair. The rods in the arm are guides.
I wouldn't use my laptop on this chair. Or put it anywhere near a CRT or my credit cards.
13. JaC - October 30, 2008 4:43 PM
I want a hover bed and hover love seat and hover bike, and hover slippers.
14. LSDiesel - October 30, 2008 4:45 PM
Pointless. Do you know how much Marijuana I could buy with $9,620? Enough to keep me floating for a very very long time.
15. Bemused - October 30, 2008 4:46 PM
Meh. I saw this in person at WIRED's NextFest. No one was impressed there, either. It was like Bender's robot pal Hedonismbot.
16. finfan - October 30, 2008 4:55 PM
No Comment...
17. Gizmoduck - October 30, 2008 4:56 PM
WELCOME TO THE SPACE JAM
18. finfan - October 30, 2008 4:59 PM
@17... *nods approvingly*
19. mamadough - October 30, 2008 5:11 PM
i want to throw one at an MRI machine.
20. Phillip J. Fry - October 30, 2008 5:13 PM
Hey Daisy; DODGE=DON'T OVER DRIVE GUTLESS ENGINES
21. MTWTF - October 30, 2008 6:37 PM
zomg Monday Tuesday W T F ! Lets BBQ!
22. MTWTF - October 30, 2008 6:37 PM
zomg Monday Tuesday W T F ! Lets BBQ!
23. Rob - October 30, 2008 8:54 PM
especially you, hedonismbot
24. RIMTUCK - October 31, 2008 12:31 AM
human air hockey
25. Mort - October 31, 2008 5:04 AM
ech was going to say some thing daisy related but can't be bothered. but i do agree with #8 where is the hover board
26. Farva's Twin - October 31, 2008 9:31 AM
The hosebag wanted to ride my junk on one of those chairs, but she's such a fatass the magnets weren't strong enough and it bottomed out as I was bottoming out in her.
It was fun though, and PEWPEWPEW did ensue.
27. South Coast Sean - November 1, 2008 2:06 PM
have to say I am pleased Sussex UK got two mentions today on one page with this floating chair and the giant Lego figure!