Gallery: 9 Super Witty Concepts for the Smart Home

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    Students at ÉCAL created the Delirious Home, a series of humorous objects for a smart home. Mr. Time is a clock that mimcs the posture of your arms. Move your arm position, and the clock will mirror it with its own.
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    These Cactunes are smart cacti that respond to touch. In fact, they want to be touched. Give them a gentle pet and they'll react with noise and movement.
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    The Windblower fan runs on your breath. Blow into its tube and your gust will be amplified with the blades.
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    The Voodoo Chair is a set of connected seats that react to each other. Jump on one, and your friend will feel it in the other.
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    Go ahead and gran some of those grapes. As you open the glass cover of a Delicious Bell you'll hear a pleasant sound emanating from it. Taste is often linked to sight and smell--the Delicious Bell is connecting that sense with sound.
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    Ostinati is a family of illogical containers that balance in precarious ways.
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    Bonnie & Clyde is a teacup/spoon set. The two are connected magnetically, so where the cup goes, the spoon follows. Never lose either again!
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    The Broken Mirror is made from a flexible membrane that's crinkled. When you get closer, the material pulls tight to reveal a reflection.
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    You turn this Chiaroscuro lamp on and off by touching its shadow.
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