Duvet Theif

From Seoul designer Jeongmi Lee, this alarm clock robot steals your duvet to siren for your wake-up. Watch the video here. Apparently, it also poos on your floor.



via Dezeen.http://www.dezeen.com/2011/07/28/robot-cleaner-by-jeongmi-lee/#more-142507

Computopia (Japan, circa 1969)

Computopia: a forty-year old depiction of what life might be like if we had integrated robots into every-day life. From surgeries performed, to lessons taught to school children, the images stir up Jetsons nostalgia.


“Computer Life in 20 Years,” by Toshio Okazak depicts what an average household might look like twenty years in the future. (1989!)

“The Rise of the Computerized School,” illustrated by Shigeru Komatsuzak. The teacher has been replaced with by a screen and each child marks answers on their desk computer.

And perhaps the most unsettling: Teruya Yamamoto's, “The Amazing Unmanned Operating Room.”

[Via: 昭和の雑誌広告・懐かしモノ] & Gizmodo