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  • (The Decline of Western Civilization) Robot Couch Can Drive You to the Fridge and Back

    09/07/2014 1:28:29 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 19 replies
    c/net ^ | September 5, 2014 | Lexy Savvides
    Robot Couch Can Drive You to the Fridge and Back With a Raspberry Pi and USB gamepad controller letting you run riot on your sofa, this student project is couched in innovation. Sometimes, getting up off the couch to grab a drink is far too time consuming. What if you could drive the couch to the fridge instead? Well, your dreams of an automated couch have come true. Nine engineering students at the University of New South Wales in Australia have designed a robotic couch that can be controlled using a standard USB gamepad. Featuring a custom-built steel chassis with...
  • Man pleads guilty to DWI in La-Z-Boy

    10/22/2009 5:22:00 PM PDT · by boughtwithaprice · 11 replies · 757+ views
    A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. . . . Police said the chair was powered by a converted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders.
  • GAS POWERED LAZY BOY

    05/14/2009 2:41:22 PM PDT · by woofie · 15 replies · 1,083+ views
    The wave of the future http://vimeo.com/1803735
  • Bad aim, good furniture save man from wife { Saved by the Recliner}

    11/22/2006 12:13:48 PM PST · by SmithL · 3 replies · 291+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | 11/21/6 | Malaika Fraley
    PACHECO: Gunshot wound to husband's head blunted by recliner before he escapes to neighbor's house -- A recliner saved a man who survived with a minor wound after his wife shot him in the head, sheriff's deputies said Monday. The couple had been arguing on Sunday evening, said sheriff's Lt. Charles Skuce. At the peak of the row, Jan Kamp stood behind her seated husband and fired a gun at the back of his head, Skuce said.But because she fired through the top of the recliner, the bullet only slightly wounded Norman Kamp, Skuce said.Investigators said the man got up...