h a l f b a k e r yOn the one hand, true. On the other hand, bollocks.
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Silently (or near as possible) floating footrest, adjustable via remote control, or perhaps just a nudge of the heel.
Advantages not found in standard non-floating footrest:
1) Doesn't collect dust balls underneath
2) Cool
3) Costs more
Floating Furniture
http://totallyabsur...oatingfurniture.htm
[egnor, Jun 12 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
"Dreams of Levitation"
http://www.keelynet...ravity/meissner.txt
Magnetic rather than pneumatic; speculative. [egnor, Jun 12 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Upside down hovercraft technology
http://www.madsci.o...956414733.Ph.r.html
I don't know if this suggestion was ever implemented... [Vernon, Nov 24 2004]
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4) easier to transport when moving
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disadvantages:
1) keeping the kids from playing giant air hockey in the living room with it
2) instability -- _really_ can't trust a beer on it
3) freaks out the cat (or advantage, if you like)
4) collects dust in the corner when the initial charge wears off and you realize how costly it will be to keep it running |
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With powerful enough fans it could also be used to squash spiders crawling across the ceiling. Way radical cool. Nice summary of advantages, snarfyguy. |
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Ha! This gets my YES, YES, YES! vote simply for the image
in conjured up in my little brain when I read the title.
And, delightfully, the idea was exactly what I thought it
would be. |
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Plus, it would be a most excellent name for a band. |
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Simply for looks, I think it should have an anchor that can
be tossed over the side and drag on the floor behind it. |
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Every entry on the recent list, and probably just about every entry in the place, would make a terrific band name. |
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Now appearing:
Worm Train
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with special guests
Clitz
Hunt the HB Thief
Single Vowel English
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and featuring...
Prehensile Hair
(featuring former members of FMQ, Mass Community Bicycles and Fast Forward Ringtones) |
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(Personally, I'd be interested in the primitive, Ono-esque gutteral stylings of Single Vowel English) |
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I think Ottoman Hovercraft would be a better name for a band. |
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Jefferson Airplane
Led Zepelin
Ottoman Hovercraft |
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Kids, collect the entire set of transportation methods with bands named after them. |
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This idea's title is a perfect, lovely dactyllic dimeter: |
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Would fit beautifully into a poetic dactyllic tetrameter, a very common song pattern: |
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Hovercraft Ottoman moving around
Floating a couple feet over the ground
Giving my body a new way to rest
Hovercraft Ottoman -- you are the best
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Applause, [gt].
Line 2 might be better as:
'Floating a couple of feet off the ground' |
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I concede the improvement |
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Possibly hugely noisy but can't fault the list of advantages. Big croissant. |
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Anything involving hovercraft automatically gets my vote. I wish the future had turned out the way it was supposed to. In fact, i shall search for all other hovercraft-related ideas on the halfbakery and vote for them too. |
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I don't know why "hovercraft" has to be the technology for a floating ottoman. How about embedding a lot of strong permanent magnets in the base of the ottoman, and an electromagnet (set for repulsion) embedded in the floor? |
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I am pretty sure that balloons have been baked for several decades. Am I mad or would you just not use a balloon (with a little water balast maybe)? |
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Throw a H.E.P.A. filter and some mild ionization, and you're filtering and lounging at the same time. |
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Anyting that can potentially use neodymium magnets will always, always get my vote. |
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Its all fun and games until someone gets hurt...then its hilarious |
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i want one. i want one now. |
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infact im actaully working on making a concept |
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then im going to patent it |
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then i wont sale it to anyone and anyone who builds it i will sue them |
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if the fans are powerfull, can it be used somewhat like the skateboard of guy in back to the future? |
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I like it, just for reason number 3. |
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