Stone In The Water Rug

This idea is for those who have grown tired of being at home for weeks on end staring at the same furniture; the same walls, the same everything in fact.

Stone In The Water Rug will definitely give you something different to look at every time you throw something unto its upper tufted surface. When you do this, a series of circular ripples begin spreading out from the point of impact, in the same way as they would had the object been thrown into a body of still water.

It can do this because below each of the protruding tufts that make up its surface pattern, there are a series of inter connect micro tubes and valves, all joined individually to sensors and a central controlling programme. A silent running external compressor delivers the supply of compressed air needed to drive the rug's ripple effect action.

On detection of an impact anywhere on its surface, air is sent down the tubes; directed and attenuated by the valves, causing the tufts to flex in order and thereby generating the characteristic pattern effect of rippling water. These circular ripples decay in amplitude as they reach the edge of the rug, in the same way as they would, if a stone had been thrown into a pond.

Two objects will create interference patterns, and using the control panel, it's possible to make all kind of waves moving across the surface of the rug at angles or from the centre to the sides, like the parting of the Red Sea.

Deluxe version can create imitation whirlpool effects, and is strong enough to act as a feet massager.