“Take A Seat” a Chair that Follows You

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The “Take-A-Seat” is a chair concept that follows you wherever you go designed by Jelte van Geest. For instance if you’re in a library and you are a member of that library as you can see in this video. You hold your membership-card in front of the chair and from then on you have a seat that follows you around. This is a concept visualisation made by Jelte van Geest for his graduation project at the Design Academy Eindhoven. I think that this chair will remain a concept because people really don’t need to be that lazy, and I’m pretty sure that this chair would have huge problems following people in most houses. Now let’s see a video this interesting concept. – Via – Core77

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Published by Michael 14 Dec 2007 in Home Gadgets

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42 Responses to ““Take A Seat” a Chair that Follows You”

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Alex Ion Says:
December 14th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Damn intelligent for a chair
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Chris Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:09 am
Does the footrest move twice as fast?
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Kevin Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Looks like they used stop motion for the video.
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David Branco Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:17 am
Psst… Take a seat… you look tired…. Listen if you don’t take a seat now i’m gonna follow you around this library till you do!
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Barry Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:22 am
The part towards the end looks very “green scene” to me. Come on, Doctor Who had better FX in the ’70s. Not convinced.
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Daniel Andrade Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:27 am
This is a great idea. I spend a lot of time looking for books and readying small parts of it on the library. So this “chair” would be handy!
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Fluffy Bunny 911 Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Its a good idea, but imagine in the future where people are walking around in a library with robot chairs following them. I mean im not saying the chairs are going to rebell or anything, i mean why dont scientist reaserch and discover more……….. usefull things, not things that just give us a reason to sit on our ass and not take the 13 extra seconds to get a chair.
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spaceman spiff Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 2:59 am
I already have one of these … it’s called a wheelchair
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jochem Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:09 am
hey,

this is pretty much one of those inventions that could link in with some other inventions, its a great invention, if you ask me.

to refer to the text above a would like to commit and tell that its not about being lazy, its about being relaxt while you are reading the shorttext on a book, just browsing the libary…

i think the old folks could really appreciate this to, i do, laugh, and i m just 23.

i m interested what others think about this, how could you link this with other technologie? what could you do more with this invention, how can you make it more adapt to rougher areas and where could you use this outside of the libary?

open ears jochem, from Belgium, proud neighbours
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Mac Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:29 am
So it tracks the user by the location of that card? If so, does that mean I could tie the card onto the end of a stick, and sit on the chair and ride it around?
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Jason Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:36 am
That is Great!
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Crystal Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:48 am
I want one.l.ol
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Bob Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:49 am
The chairs are pretty cool looking, and the concept is neat. But would it really be practical?

Also, LOVE the music selection Boards of Canada are amazing!
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Daniel Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:51 am
Great for physical therapy when someone has graduated beyond a walker but still needs the opportunity to sit down spontaneously. Also, great for any space that requires ad-hoc audiences like public spaces, schools, etc. Finally, restaurants could optimize their seating arrangements using these things and it’s a great novelty. Should definitely be used by that new robotic restaurant that opened in Hong Kong! And just amazingly cool. Would also promote buying of more items if it could carry your shopping items and take them to checkout for you.
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Anony Mous Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 4:12 am
that management part looks sick..
but if i was in my library and had 20 follow me around
people would stare XD
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Dave Bowker Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 4:27 am
Awesome! One of the best concepts I have ever seen, and it made me laugh!
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Joel Helgeson Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 4:38 am
That’s cool, but what I need is a garbage can that follows me around.
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Jeff Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 5:22 am
This chair is designed by whites and asians to keep blacks down.
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awareIT - Research on Ambient Intelligence, UbiComp and the Semantic Web Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 8:39 am
“Take-A-Seat”: a chair that follows you wherever you go…

Living objects are becoming more and more pervasive. “Take-A-Seat” is a design concept by Jelte van Geest consisting in a chair that pairs with the user and follows him in order to provide a seat whenever he needs it.
Check the video to see the chai…
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MOOK Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 10:05 am
I have 15 flying robots that follow me around… i use them as toothpicks, and they clean themselves in the kitchen sink.
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ron kovar Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Two word. FOLDING CHAIRS.

Put 2 or 3 folding chairs at the end of the isle. This is WAY overkill. Neat in theory.
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Geert Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
@Jeff: obviously. the black man is very much inclined to sit down and do nothing. providing this opportunity 24/7 destroys entire african communities.

anyway, I think its a great idea. i worry a bit that with 5 people in the same alley things might a little hectic, perhaps it’s best to let the chairs gather at the end of an alley.
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Joe Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
It’s just a visualization, not working chairs. You can see the head of the person bumping the chairs as they get activated in the management sequence.
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A Stupid Idea Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
What a waste of energy. It’s all fun and games until someone hacks them and they attack some pretty young blond girl. Then what?
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Interesting Says:
December 16th, 2007 at 5:52 am
Visualize that same video in a typical library.. a typical crowded library…where someone sits on my chair when I’m not looking…
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3686 Says:
December 16th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Cool idea, it’s a concept, and they’re not real guys at the top.
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Mike Says:
December 17th, 2007 at 3:10 am
You know eventually the chairs will turn on their masters.
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Mike Says:
December 17th, 2007 at 3:49 am
Really quite entertaining. I could see this in an RFID tracking area, where a computer would plot the course of the chair based of the direction and position of the locked RF tag. It would only work in an environment where everyone is wearing an RF tag, since optical sensors would be of limited use, and would require too much processing power.

then again…

I can also see my grandmother running in terror through the library, screaming as a chair chases her down. While it might actually be useful in more modern libraries and such where more modern concepts would be accepted, this is not something for general public use.
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anonymous Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
I can see this as useful in the grocery store, not the library…. a shopping cart that follows you makes more sense then a chair
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Chris Hansen Says:
December 24th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Hello and this is Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC.

Take a seat.. right over there.
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sjouke Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
This is so smart!! Futuristic, handy but still very friendly robots: this is exactly what we need. I think you can use them everywhere. In libraries, but also in museums, in archives, you name it.
@Mike: I was laughing out loud by picturing your grandmother hiding behind a bookshelf in the library… But to be honest: I think your grandmother is safe. As you can see in the video, you activate a seat by yourself. So if your grandmother does not wave her card in front of any library chair, she will not be haunted…
Thumbs up for this Dutch designer!
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d4ve Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 3:26 am
stupid and useless
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kumquat Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 10:22 am
look at :50 there is a glare in the window and u can see a man holding a book then all of a sudden (as if it was stop animation) he is in a different position … and look at the shadows from 1:20 to 1:27 the chairs and the guy have different shadow directions + they are very sharp edged and digital looking (like if they were done on a computer) compared to the other shots of them
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Marcel Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
They should paint a heart on its side and call it the Weighted Companion Cube
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James Says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:18 am
what a horrible waste of resources.

This idea is just stupid. the maintenance alone will make it useless. Then malfunctioning chairs will stop wherever they want and trip people.
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kumquat Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
@marcel that would be a great idea lol
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mattius Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I just want to point out that the text at the top of the page described the video as a visualization. some people seem to quick to cry that something is “shopped” without finding out that yes, indeed it is.
On a non flaming note I think that the idea is interesting if a bit useless pushing chairs around. though this kind of technology would have use in several fields and I like the idea of shopping carts that can follow you. ahh the wonders produced by a society that doesn’t have to worry about survival every second.
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pr Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
This is the REAl Take-A-Seat, which by the way is already trademarked in the U.S.

http://www.thetakeaseat.com
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