LXer: DRM CHAIR

LXer · 03-05-2013, 02:10 PM

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The DRM Chair has only a limited number of use before it self-destructs. The number of use was set to 8, so everyone could sit down and enjoy a single time the chair. A small sensor detects when someone sits and decrements a counter. Every time someone sits up, the chair knocks a number of time to signal how many uses are left. When reaching zero, the self-destruct system is turned on and the structural joints of the chair are melted.

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H_TeXMeX_H · 03-06-2013, 06:45 AM

It would have been funny if it had been for April fools, but it's not.

I suppose that the future. Very expensive biodegradeable products that degrade in your hand, self-destructing electronics, furniture, appliances etc., locked-in devices, taxes on the air you breathe (out not in, but maybe in as well if they can manage it), and many other good things which I don't care to list. The future is bright indeed.