Smarter Seats Anyone?

Ni Hao~

Hello everyone? Happy Wesak Day to all the Buddhist and happy holiday to the other races. It's been quite a hectic months for me, as I'm finishing off my project in Taiwan. My client wanted to retrofit the plant's whole cooling system which consist of 10 chillers, 50 cooling towers and all the pumps. Glad that I'd completed it with a bunch of great teams in time. While I was there, I took the opportunity to see how is the Wesak Day celebration in Taiwan. It was an enlighten journey to see how other countries celebrate this holy day.

At the same time, I took a time off at one of their spa centre. It was an amazing experience with all the great service with the surrounding natures. As I was relaxing at one of their living room, I saw some massage chairs in that area. Then it triggered me: Is there a smart chair that can study your body postures and give the best temperature to give comfort to the user's body? I had done some studies and would like to share with you readers some information. Please do comment if you have other experiences.

What Is A Smart Chair?

Mobile technology is changing how people work. There have been studies on the  changing postures in the workplace, which created a new office chair geared for people who juggle multiple devices. The smart chair encourages a sitter to move around rather than hold a single position. If a sitter reclines to scroll on a tablet screen, the core shifts and hugs the lower back, for instance. The arms move like human limbs so that a user’s arms and shoulders remain supported when texting, typing on a keyboard or swiping a tablet.

Is There A Market For It?

Surprisingly the only reason that people who would go for a smart chair is because of the comfort and ease of use. However, other than that, it's actually quite costly and a not-so-good to have since we won't be sitting for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But we won't know what the future might bring, as we have seen in the Wall-E cartoon from Walt Disney. Maybe a smart chair could be a smart essential after all.

Adios~