A line of furniture where each piece embeds and improves on a useful app.

1. Furniture is the infrastructure for human
activity. Every day we open cabinets
and drawers, share a conversation
Ambient around a coffee table, relax into a
Furniture lounge chair, and toss out trash. How
can digital technology augment these
gestures in subtle and delightful ways?

2. Skype Cabinet
Instant video calls, for the
people that matter most.

3. Skype Cabinet Proximity sensor shows
when the other person
The Skype Cabinet is always on. No more is nearby and door
setup, log-ins, bad lighting, or headphones. illuminates. Just open the
Each cabinet is a dedicated portal cabinet to begin the
Positioned video conversation.
between you and your closest friends
at child’s
or family.
eye level
Place it wherever you live most and
assign a space to everyone you know.
The translucent doors glow when your
friends are nearby, and you can open the
cabinet to start a conversation. With
crystal clear sound and perfect lighting, Lights softly illuminate High quality
you can share a special moment or just the face of the user microphone
hang out together. Eye-level web camera
captures through
Eye to eye interaction
one-way mirror
One-way mirror
Display

4. Facebook Coffee
Table
Bring your conversations to life.

5. FaceBook Coffee Table This coffee table recognizes topics
of conversation in the room with voice
Like an instant photo album, the Facebook recognition, then displays photos of
Coffee Table shows your digital photos people and places from each person’s
right when you want them most. Real-time FaceBook account to complement
speech analysis understands keywords the conversation. “ Newheaded to
I’m
York City
Smartphone activates
feature then photos leak
from your conversation and pulls up on Tuesday. ”
out onto table.
relevant Facebook feed photos while you're
talking. Imagine describing your latest trip Microphones
set in table VOICE
to the Rockies, and photos from the trip
fade up to complement the conversation.

6. Energy Clock
Save energy on your time

7. Energy Clock Separate segments illuminate
When you're serious about saving energy a to display over- or under-spending
monthly bill doesn't cut it. The energy clock
gives you real-time, instant feedback on
your household energy consumption. Under-spending
It learns your energy consumption habits, by 1 hour
then gives you subtle feedback on how
you're tracking against yourself.
Sometimes a gentle reminder is all it takes
to make a difference!
Over-spending
by 3 hours
The time is 2pm, but
you’ve used the energy
you typically use by 5pm.
Energy
Usage
2 pm 5 pm
Hours of the day

8. Pandora Chair
Your personal DJ.

9. Your angle of recline selects
upbeat
upbeat
upbeat or mellow songs.
e e The direction you face
l in l in
r ec r ec selects your Pandora
Speakers embedded
in headrest. channels of different genres.
me m
llo ell
w ow
Spin for
next song
Your phone logs
you into Pandora.
classical R&B
pop jazz
Pandora Chair
We all need moments of relaxation and respite your seat rock'n'roll, or laid back lounge,
to recharge throughout the day. Just sit back the Pandora Chair plays the right tunes for
and reset your mood. Using the incline of your your mood.
chair as a guide, the chair selects from your
favorite Pandora stations. Whether it's edge of

10. Google Latitude
Doorbell
Fun family radar.

11. Google Latitude VILLAGE
10 MILES FROM HOME :
Doorbell
Early evenings are always a little hectic,
but family planning just got a lot easier.
The Google Latitude Doorbell plays subtle
chimes to tell you when someone's on their
way, and getting home soon. Knowing NEIGHBORHOOD
that Mom’s ten minutes away lets you put 1 MILE AWAY:
the pasta on at exactly the right time.
Each person in the house has their own
signature chime.
STREET
0.1 MILE AWAY:

12. Amazon Trash
Make your trash can smarter.

13. Audible feedback offers perspective, “ shipped all the
Coconut water As you toss or recycle, pause
to scan and it’s automatically
humor and helpful information. way from Asia?! ” re-ordered.
“Coconut all the
T
Water NU
GREEN “ Microbrew –
shipped CO
CO
AT
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”
Alright!
way from Asia! ” W
28
76
34
69
“Blueberry juice –
loaded with
“hmmm... third
box of Oreos
NUTRITION
antioxidants! ” this week? ”
VALUE
“Chewy granola “Out of season
strawberries –
bars, 20% off!”
very expensive! ” o
can to und
Kick the
Amazon Trash
Running out of something in the kitchen is a errand, from the hardware store to the
drag. Amazon Trash ends that problem forever. supermarket, and you'll never run out of
A bar code scanner zaps anything that needs anything again.
restocking on the way out. Lift the lid, pause to
scan, and then toss. Use it for every type of