fizik pursues ultimate butt comfort with custom 3D-printed saddles

Over the past few years, we’ve heard how both custom-fit and 3D-printed bicycle saddles are much comfier than their conventional counterparts. Well, Italian bike-seat-maker fizik has now combined the two, with its One-to-One bespoke 3D-printed saddle s… Continue reading fizik pursues ultimate butt comfort with custom 3D-printed saddles

Butt-friendly bike seat moves with your legs

The vabsRider is claimed to be

If you don’t want a part of your body to get sore, then that part shouldn’t be pushing against something that doesn’t move along with it. That’s the thinking behind the vabsRider bicycle saddle, the two sides of which pivot in time with your pedaling.

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Air Seat aims to put full-floating suspension under cyclists’ butts

Nobody likes getting a sore bum when cycling. The Air Seat is made with that fact in mind, as it adds what is described as a “full-floating” coil suspension system to existing saddles.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Cycling, Suspensi… Continue reading Air Seat aims to put full-floating suspension under cyclists’ butts

Transformable seat quickly grows from armchair to loveseat to sofa

The Expandy is a single piece of furniture that can be expanded width-wise to serve three purposes. Simply by pulling on it from one end, users are able to convert it from an armchair to a loveseat to a sofa.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, L… Continue reading Transformable seat quickly grows from armchair to loveseat to sofa

Train seating area folds back to take bikes as needed

While it’s always important to accommodate bicycle commuters, bike parking spots on trains can’t seat non-cyclists when not in use. An experimental setup currently being trialled in Switzerland, however, may soon change that.Continue ReadingCategory: U… Continue reading Train seating area folds back to take bikes as needed

Adaptable airliner seat accepts passengers’ wheelchairs as needed

For wheelchair users, air travel can be a cumbersome and frustrating experience. That’s where a new type of airliner seat is designed to come in, as it allows passengers to stay in their own wheelchair throughout the flight.Continue ReadingCategory: Go… Continue reading Adaptable airliner seat accepts passengers’ wheelchairs as needed

Safran aims to seat premium air travelers in personal sound bubble

For folks who like to listen to music during long-haul flights, capable noise-canceling headphones are an essential carry on. But that may change for passengers in first class thanks to Euphony in-seat audio from Safran Seats and Devialet.Continue Read… Continue reading Safran aims to seat premium air travelers in personal sound bubble

Pressure-sensing seat may one day detect drunk drivers

Although we’ve seen several systems that use vehicle-integrated cameras to detect intoxicated drivers, a team of Japanese scientists claim that such technology isn’t always reliable. Their alternative? A drunk-driver-detecting car seat.Continue Reading… Continue reading Pressure-sensing seat may one day detect drunk drivers