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Today I'm happy to post some products from an Italian designer, Carlo Ratti, who hasdesigned a set of very high tech furniture...which one do you prefer?

*MyMood: the integration of an ambient light display into the sofa’s structure creates asensitive, responsive and interactive piece of furniture. A 2D LED lighting matrix isincorporated into the sofa’s fabric upholstery: when switched on, a unique lighting effectadjusts according to the user’s mood; when off, it gently fades into the sofa’s back,becoming invisible. Each LED is lit through an integrated motion sensor, sensitive to theuser’s touch, therefore the user is able to activate the surface by simply brushing theirhand over it in one direction and in the opposite direction to deactivate it. In addition,this technology allows the user to draw shapes and write text on the sofa’s surface.

*MagLev Lazy Susan: Lazy Susan, traditionally found in Chinese culture where sharing food in a group or familyis important and many dishes are on the table at any given time, is a round table with arotating centre. Magnetic levitation (Mag Lev) has been used in many ways for the design of furniture, suchas lamps or picture frames, with great success thanks to its functionality andattractiveness. Here, the same magnetic levitation system has been used to move serving dishes around thedining table. The greater flexibility provided by Mag Lev Lazy Susan allows the design of

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dining table. The greater flexibility provided by Mag Lev Lazy Susan allows the design ofa levitating system to carry plates with non-circular trajectories, serving all guestswith a single system, even in the case of non-circular tables.

*The Looking Glass: it seems a simple glass, but it has the power to recognise the userand allows direct interaction with the mirror, with a 3D scanner which allows the user tohave a more defined, augmented image of themselves, in order to see themselves fromdifferent angles

*MyWall: a canvas screen on which a free flowing pen writes, erases and constantly

rewrites using programmed input, so it can write, draw or decorate thanks to the user’sinput.so you can create works of art, decorations or text in real time and in any surface,in the home

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