Philips Launches CushionSpeaker for Laptops
Here's something for all you serial couch-surfers.
I think we're all agreed that laptops make mobile computing much, much easier. That said, a lot of us who like to surf from the couch end up having to improvise when it comes to a work surface.
Enter the Philips CushionSpeaker laptop stand. It does exactly what it says on the tin; it's a cushion, a speaker and laptop stand all in one. For those of you who suffer from sweaty-leg syndrome when you use cushions as make-shift couch-desks, the CushionSpeaker is made from heat resistant material. The speaker is powered by your laptop via USB and offers "an amazing sound experience" for music or movies. Peep the video below and let us know if you'd ever use something like this to watch movies from the couch or in bed.
Not really something I'd buy any time soon. A good product for those commercial channels on TV.
She also looks like she's never heard of a USB port.
yeah sounds about right, I've used laptops before and have had no problem with using it and my lap, so I don't really think we need an invention for this at all, just my opinion that's all
Use of these? Vanity trash.
To my opinion, I think that a laptop cushion per se should be easily transportable; most of the time I’m sitting in a place where there are no tables is anywhere but at home! So what’s the point here? I think that Philips really do innovative stuff. But this laptop cushion speaker seems more like a distress call saying “hey, we’re lacking innovative ideas at the moment”. I believe that it’s better not to release a crappy product than to do so to give your customers the feeling that you’re always at the forefront of innovation!
Personnaly for that price ($100 USD!) I’d expect to get an inflatable laptop cushion I could also use as a laptop case so I could take it anywhere (with or without the speakers)! Unfortunately most designs I’ve seen are only prototypes.
So R&D, why don’t you get to work!
And if you manage to include a built-in lap massaging engine, I’m telling you: you just won a new customer!
In the meantime, I’m going to IKEA to get my own $15 BRÄDA laptop cushion with its handle and mobile phone pocket on the side…