Why just sit when you can hover?
Everyone who has ever seen Star Wars, and that’s most people, will have been favourably impressed by Luke Skywalker’s hovering sports car. It’s one of the key features of science fiction that anything that can hover should hover, but to date maglev technology has made very few inroads into British homes.
That may be set to change though with the advent of the Hoverit hovering lounger. A transparent acrylic chaise longue that’s suspended in mid air by the applied magic of Really Big Magnets. Directors Keith Dixon and Steve Wild are launching the product at the 100th Ideal Home Show in
The powerful magnets may possibly provide some spinoff health benefits to humans, but will definitely do strange things to nearby TVs, phones, and heart pacemakers. It’s worth putting the TV a little further away, though, for the inarguable benefit of lying in mid-air, feeling for all the world like the main villain in an episode of Blake’s 7.
what happens to the credit cards in your pockets?
Posted by: guy | Feb 8, 2008 6:43:26 PM
.... also leave credit cards, bank cards and any magnetic device such as mobile phones, X-boxes, Playstations,Wiis, Gameboys and laptops as far away as possible from the magnets. Sounds very relaxing and stress busting, ma snip at £6k!
Posted by: Peter Wright | Feb 8, 2008 7:12:30 PM
Cool... could use some padding though. Who cares if you are floating if yer still sitting on hard plastic like grade school?
Posted by: Joe | Feb 8, 2008 10:35:18 PM
Also, remember to leave your wallet by the TV, unless you want your credit cards wiped.
Posted by: Marc | Feb 8, 2008 11:32:28 PM
The movie that had a "hovering" sports car was not Star Wars it was Back to the Future.
Posted by: Phillip Alvarado | Feb 8, 2008 11:33:49 PM
wow this is interesting information. Its scary to see how far the world has advanced over the years.
Posted by: Stephen ( controlling minds of others ) | Feb 9, 2008 4:53:43 AM
Doesn't look very comfortable, does it?
Posted by: ed | Feb 9, 2008 7:40:07 AM
still no cure for cancer.
Posted by: daas helios | Feb 9, 2008 5:29:02 PM
Since the arms have connecting bars to the base, it's not actually levitating since you could argue those bars are helping to support the chair. And at that price, I'd expect some changeable coloured seat covers too!
Posted by: Chris | Feb 9, 2008 7:57:24 PM
That a nice advertorial. What kind of product review is that? It looks foul, uncomfortable and hovers only 6 inches off some big magnets. Big wup! A snip at six grand. Only rich morons will buy this. I'd rather eat my own feces than sit in this chair!
Posted by: Wayne Simpson | Feb 11, 2008 10:21:49 AM
""The movie that had a "hovering" sports car was not Star Wars it was Back to the Future.""
No it's Star Wars. Luke in the dessert with Obi n co. It only hovers. The BTTF car flys and hovers.
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Posted by: | Feb 12, 2008 5:25:27 AM
Luke's 'hovering sportscar' is known in the film as a 'speeder'. Not particularly similar to this floating chair though.
Posted by: Roger Andout | Feb 12, 2008 12:29:11 PM
Wow - now a power-surge won't just blow your lightbulbs - it'll leave an impression of your face on the ceiling, too!
Posted by: Justin | Feb 13, 2008 1:20:00 PM