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uncrate.com - 2/3/2009

Hoverit Lounger

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ubergizmo.com - 2/6/2009

Hoverit Lounger Relies On Magnets

— ubergizmo.com — The Hoverit Lounger is an acrylic chair that is held up by an imprisoned Magneto - we're... kidding, it uses power magnets to repel each other. Several questions arise from this though - what is the maximum weight limit of this chair before the ... (more) Hoverit Lounger Relies On Magnets

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Hoverit Lounger floats on a bed of magnets, hope
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... , an uncomfortable acrylic chair repelled aloft by powerful magnets, piques my rump's curiosity. Would I be too heavy for its magnets? Would I sway gently up and down on the stabilizing arms or would I find equilibrium and remain relatively motionless? Could I get my fingers caught in something as it rose up? These are important things to wonder before dropping eight large on a plastic chair. [via] ...

The Hoverit Lounger really floats via magnets
Newlaunches.com — ... in the UK and it uses repelling magnetic forces on the seat as well as the base of the chair to allow it to float in midair, it seems to be kept in place with the help of the arm rests, just so you don't float away. [image] The entire body of the Hoverit Lounger is made of see through acrylic construction, so that you sip your martini wondering why you spent around $8,350 on a lounge chair as your peers don't even have a job. hoverit-lounger2.jpg hoverit-lounger3.jpg [ Uncrate ]