{"id":673450,"date":"2010-02-23T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5478212"},"modified":"2010-02-23T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T21:40:00","slug":"old-person-hovercrafts-are-the-wave-of-the-future-amazing-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/673450","title":{"rendered":"Old Person Hovercrafts Are the Wave of the Future [Amazing Things]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: oQ7qWMQq2Po --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/oQ7qWMQq2Po&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: oQ7qWMQq2Po -->Here&#8217;s something we can all get behind: levitating chairs for the elderly that scoot around like bumper cars. There is no way this can go badly.<\/p>\n<p>Created by researchers at Japan&#8217;s Kobe Gakuin University, the chairs work like an air hockey table, with high-powered air jets at the bottom of the chair creating a pocket of air beneath the chair for it to float on. Of course, it only works on smooth, solid surfaces. No tatami mats! But come on, fill a room with <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #oldpeople\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/oldpeople\/\">old people<\/a> on these, push one into the middle and you&#8217;ve got yourself a party. [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/baby_touch\/\">Robot.M<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17938_105-10457216-1.html\">Crave<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/dvice.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/levitating-chai.php\">Dvice<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=299e40ef7891bf80b08a37a8ba04faf0&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=299e40ef7891bf80b08a37a8ba04faf0&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=0O3Osw51jGs:RQlPNcIlUTE:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=0O3Osw51jGs:RQlPNcIlUTE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=0O3Osw51jGs:RQlPNcIlUTE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=0O3Osw51jGs:RQlPNcIlUTE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=0O3Osw51jGs:RQlPNcIlUTE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=0O3Osw51jGs:RQlPNcIlUTE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/0O3Osw51jGs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s something we can all get behind: levitating chairs for the elderly that scoot around like bumper cars. 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