Gizmodo: seat

The Ice Cream Sandwich Bench

Brian Lam — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:06:02 EST

Jellio's bench looks like an ice cream sandwich, but is just a couch covered in brown canvas and white velvet. At 48 inches long, it's $950. [Jellio via Core77]

Combat Pilots Ejecting After Aircraft Crash

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:20:00 EDT

This two-seat Sukhoi Su-24 combat aircraft crashed in a fiery ball of hell in an Iranian airfield last week. Nothing special about that, except that—amazingly enough—the pilots ejected safely after the crash.

As you can see in the video, the Su-24 either had bad problems with its flaps—I wouldn't be surprised, since these Soviet planes are really old, even while they were best of their class back in the 70s—or the pilot was drunk.

Either way, the ejection seats saved the day in extremis. [FlightGlobal]

Clothes Iron Bike Seat Warms Your Cheeks

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:15:00 EST

If you've ever wanted to sit on a hard, flat, unyielding piece of metal while biking but your butt gets cold easily, we've got a solution for your ridiculous problem.

This "heated cycling seat," cleverly named the Iron Saddle, is made from a clothes iron with remarkably few changes. There's no steam, because that could get slippery and safety is always paramount, but besides that it's just an upside-down iron with an attached battery. Short of using a live porcupine, I'm hard pressed to come up with a less comfortable seat, but for sheer novelty and a shameless lack of reality, this one gets a thumbs up from me. [CyclingInfo via MAKE]

Wing Man Baby Seat: Carbon Fiber Gets Knocked Up

Mark Wilson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST

For anyone with a child, that bond you feel with your offspring is the most powerful in nature. And your protective instincts demand the absolute best in child safety, like this $4,000 Wing Man baby seat prototype. It's constructed of strong, lightweight carbon fiber—the same material used in performance cars and airplanes across the world—that should keep your little bundle of joy stylish and nearly invincible. But just so your know, dear parent, all of us without a child think that you're freaking nuts for reading this many words on a $4,000 baby seat. [carbonfibergear via Jalopnik]

Frellstedt Light-Up Bench: Illumination For Bums

Kit Eaton — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Kind of the inverse of the psychedelic LED effects we showed you earlier, this relaxing Light Bench is maker Frellstedt's idea of the future of seating. You know, the future where even garden furniture uses up electricity and contributes to global warming. Okay, it's stuffed with LEDs, so it only consumes 95W, but you know what I'm saying. With its shifting, selectable color patterns, it's way too nice to end up in all but the best municipal parks, where it'd just keep tramps awake in the wee small hours. Ed. note: In case you didn't get it, "bum" is a double entendre. [Trendir]

Real Pilot Seat for Real Combat Flight Simulator Pilots

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:00:03 EDT

If you are a hard core combat flight simulator pilot with a spare $15,560, this completely-restored 1957 Mk. 5 ejection seat is a must. Manufactured by legendary Martin-Baker, who started work on ejection seats in 1934, this model can withstand 40 G deceleration loads and includes a canopy breaker for planes like the Grumman 9F-8T Cougar, one of the many air fighter that used it. The only bad thing is that it doesn't come "fully dressed," with cushions and harness, as you can see in the photo of the original seat after the jump.

The British manufacturer Martin-Baker started work on ejection seats before the Germans and Swedes developed them, entering service during World War II. It was Martin-Baker, however, the company that perfected the downward-ejecting systems operated by a spring. Their first test happened in 1946, when a factory fitter ejected from a Gloster Meteor MkIII at 320mph and 8,000 feet over Oxfordshire.

The Mk. 5 seat was installed in the Grumman Cougar, as well as other classic fighter planes like the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, the F-8 Crusader, the Grumman A6 Intruder or the F11 Tiger.

Grumman Cougar

The Mk. 5 used an ejection gun mechanism, obviously not present in this restored seat which comes mounted on a stainless steel base.

And yes, your wife will love you if you get one. But only if you let her put some nice petit-point cushions on it. [Martin-Baker, WIkipedia, 1stdibs via Born Rich]

Bookseat: the Book Storage Chair for Small Libraries

Kit Eaton — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:36:49 EST

Useful if you have a really really small apartment, or you just appreciate bookshelf-cum-furniture design, the plywood Bookseat stores your ~~TV Guide~~ copy of War and Peace handily within reach. Alternatively, if you think books are old hat, you could store your DVDs and computer mags in it. Some might think Bookseat is design convergence gone mad, but we think it's simple, neat and that you'll be seeing it in waiting rooms of trendy offices everywhere. Available sometime in Spring, price unknown. [Fishbol furniture via Freshome]

Hypercolor Heat-Changing Toilet Shows Who's Been Assing it Up

Jason Chen — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:10:45 EST

Even though we're comfortable with sitting on a toilet seat that someone just vacated (and vacated their bowels on), it still comes as a surprise just how warm that seat is—the ass must be a bit higher than 98 degrees. This thermochromic toilet seat, however, lets you know exactly how warm the seat is, with a bonus effect of showing you exactly which part of the seat was in contact with the previous occupant. As you can see from the picture, the man before was a widey. Almost as good as the hypercolor shirts of yore, which let us know of Kelly's extracurricular activities in a visual manner. [Canadian Design Resource via Boing Boing]

D-Box GP-200 Racing Game Seat Costs a Fortune

Jason Chen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:30:48 EDT

Although it's not the ultimate racing setup, this D-Box GP-200 definitely has the sitting and steering part of the equation solved. The bucket seat has three hydraulic jacks, five speakers, and is attached to a steering column that looks more solid than most cars built in the '70s. However, the set only works with a few PC games like rFactor, Flight Simulator X and various other PC games. For $16,425, you'd expect a little more universal support. [Crave Asia via Crave]

Glowing Toilet Seat Makes Your Deposits Look Really Disgusting

Jason Chen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:00:21 EST

Luckily most of us at Giz are still young enough not to have to wake up multiple times a night to pee, but when we do reach that stage, we're investing in a Glowing Toilet Seat. Just bright enough so you don't make a mess that ~~our wives~~ we have to clean up in the morning, but not bright enough so you can't fall back asleep without washing your hands thoroughly.

Cost? You can't put a cost on stuff of this quality (we're not sure but it looks to be around $35). – Jason Chen

Product Page [OneGlow via Shiny Shiny]

HotSeat Entertainment Station for the Lazy

johnb — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:11:02 EDT

Ever wished you could just throw your PC, video game consoles, and other assorted electronic crap altogether next to your Lay-Z Boy so you don't have to do any real work? Of course you have. That's why the HotSeat entertainment station exists. For $800 you get a racing seat built in some steel contraption with a desk and monitor stand. But that's not all! You also get 5.1 surround sound. If you got the cash...why not. Might as well. Comes in a variety of funky paint colors too.

HotSeat
Personal Movie & Gaming Station [Zatz Not Funny]