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Ask HN: Does smart furniture have a market

2 points by sawanruparel a year ago · 4 comments · 1 min read


furniture with power ports or lights or wheels? does it have a market, is it going to go mainstream?

uberman a year ago

A place to sit that happened to have wireless charging, maybe but I'm not sure I would place a premium on it when purchasing and I would never purchase an IoT or connected piece of furnature. I certainly would never buy a 6 legged walking table or a moving wall that collapsed by office into my bedroom. It seems to me only the most expensive housing markets could justify the expense of a robot wall and bed.

solardev a year ago

Sounds like a good way to buy furniture that would only last a few years. All the fancy couches and lamps and such with low-powered USB ports became obsolete with USB-C, and the wireless Qi ones weren't powerful enough for newer devices. I'd hate to have something as simple as a piece of wood be tied to the electronics obsolescence cycles.

PaulHoule a year ago

One of these

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/carpentopod-ro...

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