Gizmodo: cushion

Lightning Review: Belkin CushTop Hideaway Laptop Cushion

Jason Chen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDT

The Gadget: A semi-solid cushion for your laptop that separates hot aluminum from fleshy thighs, plus has a small space to store random things (like your charger).

The Price: $39.99

The Verdict: Alright. It does what it says, which is giving you a small cushion between your laptop and your thighs. It's better than a normal pillow because it's flat, and gives adequate airflow for proper ventilation. The little hiding hole is enough for you to shove your iPod, wallet, or various computer accessories into, but it's really meant for you to put your laptop into for storage when you're not using it.

The only thing we have a problem with is the price. $40 seems to be too high for something like this (it was listed incorrectly as $64.99 on their press release) when you can get something like the Kangaroom Bamboo Laptop station for $45. Or, you can wait for Belkin's other laptop cooling devices like the Cooling Lounge, which cost the same but have a fan on board for extra ventilation. [Belkin]

Update: The version commenters are seeing at Costco for $19 is actually the previous design, not this current one which retails for $39.

Thanko's Lazy Geek's Cushion, Perfect for Prone PC Action

Kit Eaton — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:52:00 EDT

Ages ago I admitted to being a floor-lounger, and it looks like Thanko has come up with a solution that'll let me combine lazing around and blogging for the Giz at the same time. I might rename it from Lazy Geek's Cushion to "Relaxed Blogger's Desk" though. Looking a little like a massage table, it's 31 x 19 inches across, and can be propped up at a variety of angles from flat to about 30 degrees so your arms reach your notebook... and see that little space for your chin? Looks comfy. No info on pricing, but I'd love to import one. I'd just have to persuade my wife that it's a good idea, and not ugly at all. [Akihabaranews]

Air Conditioned Seat Cushion Features The Latest In Eco-Friendly Ass-Cooling Technology

Sean Fallon — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Kuchofuku, the same company that brought us air conditioned shirts, has re-applied their groundbreaking technology in an effort to deliver us from one of the biggest problems facing mankind today. Of course, I am speaking about ass sweat. In fact, their air conditioned seat cushion line can pump up to 170 liters of air per minute through the seat using an extraordinarily low amount of electricity in the process.

Apparently, the energy consumption of the device is so low that you could run it every day for eight hours and only pay the equivalent of around five cents extra on your electricity bill for the month. However, this isn't the first time we have come across an air conditioner of this type—Thanko came out with a version last year that is powered via USB. It also appears to be a little cheaper than the Kuchofuku model, but we are not sure how well it stacks up in terms of butt cooling performance and power consumption. [Product Page via Fareastgizmos]

Pump-Up Laptop Cushion Keeps Burning Metal Away From Tender Flesh

Jason Chen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:50:00 EDT

The laptop stands we've used are great for keeping your supple thighs away from your burning laptop, but are usually fairly heavy and hard on your legs. This Airboard, however, has an inflatable base to gently sit on your lap, while at the same time providing ample distance so your leg hairs don't char. It's only a design, but is neat enough that if someone made a laptop stand like this, we'd have a hard time passing it up in stores. [Yanko Design]

ZipZip Floor Cushions Zip Together For Sofa Fun

Kit Eaton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:44:53 EDT

I admit it: I'm a frequent floor-lounger ... so these interlocking cushions from Pling Collection would be ideal furniture for me. ZipZip's 30-inch upholstered pads have zips on all four sides, you see. So you can choose to make one huge floor cover, for, you know, generalized laying about, or combine them more sensibly into different chair-shaped things. Special pads even have a hole for a planter or a stowage pocket: handy for TV remotes, I reckon. Think of the possibilities!

Ah... I can picture sitting on them now. Designed by Sternform Produktgestaltung, they're made of Loden, which is 100% new wool, and come in four colors ranging from light gray to dark sand. Sadly, it's "price on application" time, so I suspect they might damage my wallet before they soothed my aching limbs. [Plingcollection via ApartmentTherapy]

Thanko's USB Warmer Cushion Warms Your Humps, Your Humps, Your Humps

Haroon Malik — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:15:00 EDT

The girl in the picture may look like she has just let one rip, but she is in fact enjoying the heat emitted from Thanko's USB Warmer Cushion.

In case you are in any doubt about what the USB Warmer Cushion does; it is a cushion that you connect to your powered USB port, which will then raise the temperature of your web surfing bum. Thankfully, we never actually need to get off our seat and so our rears remain warm throughout the year. However, if you manage to occassionaly leave your seat and find it turns your goolies into brass monkey nuts on your return, well, the $25.83 price could not be more reasonable. [Sci Fi Tech]

Google News Cushion is Enlightening, Embarrassing

Mark Wilson — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:10:25 EDT

The Google News Cushion is a standard couch pillow that's been printed with the top Google News stories of the year. It's a microcosm, in plush, pillow form, of the collective human experience on planet Earth. For instance, what news did we search most in 2003?

Kobe Bryant, Brittany Spears, Shakira, and 50 Cent. 2005 found itself riddled with trifles like "tsunami" and Hurricane Katrina, but it's promising to know that even in the face of such tragedies, Man still found time to search for Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Britney Spears again...Needless to say, the pillow becomes a greatest hits list for everything that truly matters in the world.

2003 will run you a steep $250, with other years costing a slightly more reasonable $120. Each pillow is signed for authenticity that it's expensive. [product via bltd]

Cushion Control: Channel Changing Via Rump

Mark Wilson — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:20:42 EDT

The Cushion Control is a design by Didier Nicholas, urging man to ditch the efficiency of handheld control for panty pillow fights. And who can argue with logic like that?

The control is necessarily basic, with each cushion assigned one function (such as volume, power and channel). Details like how the remotes will actually work are glossed over (though I don't see an IR port housed in the stitching). But we love the idea nonetheless, if only so we can annoy our significant others with even more remotes filling our living room. That is, until we pick up the bus-sized universal edition. – Mark Wilson

Design Page [via sci fi tech]

Luminous Fiber Optic Pillow For That Hot Valentine's Day Glow

Charlie White — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:37:57 EST

Okay guys, there's only 2 1/2 weeks until V-day, and that might just be enough time to call in this fiber optic luminous heart cushion from LumiGram in Paris, originator of those really sexy-looking fiber optic shirts (booby alert). Imagine the kudos you'll get for importing this glowing symbol of your ~~lust~~ love for her all the way from Par-ee. Ain't no mountain high enough, baby.

Picture that red glow on her heaving chest. And, this pillow will stay lit all night—its included batteries will keep that fiber optic fire burning for 10 hours. Although money can't buy you love, 139.00EUR ($180) takes this telltale heart. The rest is up to you.

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Looks like a sure-fire V-Day score. – Charlie White

Luminous fiber optic hard pillow [LumiGram]

Bottom Reformulator Cushion: Do the Math

Charlie White — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:27:25 EDT

Why bother with all that pesky exercising, weight control and the luck of genetics when all you need to do is park that big ol' booty on the Bottom Reformulator Cushion, and it will turn that sack of potatoes into two perfectly-formed orbs.

The cushion has been allegedly tested and proven to work by a team of plastic surgeons from Taiwan. Just look at those pictures. There is your proof. Find out what it can do for you for only $29.95. – Charlie White

Product Page [Gadget Universe, via TRFJ]

Papa Bert's World Famous Sippin' Seat

Travis Hudson — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:20:54 EDT

Only a sick freak named 'Papa Bert' would make something like this. The "Sippin' Seat" is a stadium seat that contains a 750mL bladder to hold liquid. A spout allows for easy pouring so you don t have to take your sweaty rear off the seat to enjoy the nectar below. It may just be me, but drinking out of my cheaply made seat cushion doesn t seem very appealing. Well at least you can easily sneak your own alcohol into stadiums. Ass-sweat Colada anyone?

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